On Monday, China’s Foreign Ministry questioned the US’s sincerity in its calls for more communication and engagement with Beijing after President Biden said he expected a “thaw” between the two nations.
“China and the US maintain necessary communication. However, now the US says it wants to speak to the Chinese side while seeking to suppress China through all possible means and impose sanctions on Chinese officials, institutions and companies. Is there any sincerity in and significance of any communication like this?” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning.
President Biden made his comments on Sunday during the final day of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. He was asked if the US was considering lifting sanctions on China’s new defense minister to pave the way for more communication between the US and Chinese militaries and said the issue was “under negotiation.”
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu was appointed to his post in March. Li was targeted with US sanctions while he was the head of China’s Equipment Development Department over its purchase of Russian SU-35 fighter aircraft and S-400 air defense systems from Russia.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday called for the US to “immediately lift sanctions and take concrete actions to remove obstacles, create favorable atmosphere and conditions for dialogue and communication.”
The world does not need new Cold War blocs. The world needs the US and China to get along with each other, for better or worse. The dog and pony show at the G7 was completely unnecessary. Talk to Beijing as equals and end all this acrid political rhetoric.
Unless the yanks are top dog they aren`t interested in talking to anyone , remember the yanks see themselves as EXCEPTIONAL and have no EQUALS .
George Orwell — ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.’
“The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday called for the US to ‘immediately lift sanctions and take concrete actions to remove…..'” Why would the neocons do that? Is he dense or is he acting like he’s super dense? Has he not seen what we do when we’re preparing for war with a country? That’s baffling, but it’s not as baffling as how we’re all (Democrats and Republicans) supporting a war with China as well as Russia. Do we really think we can survive a nuclear war? …What’s that? We’re very smart and powerful. They’re surrendering and it’s going to be a cakewalk. GTFOOH (Sarcasm)
Were they actually questioning Biden’s sincerity or just his ability to carry on conversations given his obvious decline?
oh dear. what will everybody say when somebody else is the POTUS and yet nothing has changed? “oh it was all Prez Biden’s fault!”
Joe Biden has cognition issues that obviously has made him somewhat of a figurehead.
Sure he’s in “charge” so ultimately it’s now his fault, but he’s not fully in charge so you can’t put this mess completely on the guy with dementia.
i just can’t wait until the equivalent republican is the boss.
then we can blame it all on him.
“Hakuna Matata”
That’s politics
“hey ching-chang, i am doubting your sincerity!”
“oh you foolish milk-toast you don’t even know what sincerity is!”
LOL i have made out my will and hopefully i will be able to live out my last days staring at what the flat-earth idiots consider to be a nice day.
LOL have the Chinese just found out the yanks are not to be trusted ? , from the first day the invaders first set foot in the new World they broken every treaty every promise they ever made right up until recently when Trump broke treaties , only the NATO LACKEYS believe the yanks .
They want it telegraphed to the world since the US will claim an “unprovoked war”.
Red Douglas, missed your comments. Get back in the mix, man!
Where is Red? Don’t see him on the page.
What we have here is a failure to communicate. Much is lost in translation. “Talk” means smile while i knife you in the back.
Thaw or no thaw, China has now replaced Japan as the largest auto exporter of the world.
He just called Biden’s people liars, for their recent claims to have restored communications.
Good. They are liars.
Removing one sanction would invite a worldly reaction to remove others, and so Biden is strongly inclined not to go there. The US has established economic sanctions on individuals in more than 20 countries.