President Biden shocks the world as his Secretary of State Anthony Blinken holds a historic diplomatic meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinpiing — the highest-level meeting on Chinese soil since Biden took office.
The two met to discuss repairing some of the damage between the two nuclear-armed superpowers and reportedly made tangible “progress” on some real issues.
Relations between the two countries have become increasingly strained in recent years as China jockeys to become the world’s preeminent superpower, oppresses its people through authoritarian policies, carries out genocide in the Xinjiang region, and eyes a possible invasion of Taiwan.
That said, these risks make diplomatic engagement with China MORE important, not less. Sticking our heads in the mud accomplishes nothing.
Xi stated that the world needed a “generally stable” relationship between America and China because it “bears on the future and destiny of humanity.”
Blinken, who is no fool, stated that the U.S. has “no illusions” about the challenges in managing the relationship between the nations but hoped to help in “de-risking and diversifying” economic engagement with China.
Comparatively, Donald Trump spent his presidency attacking and insulting China — an approach that played well with his base but which succeeded at nothing beyond making war between the two countries more likely.
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