China – USA: Beijing to Pursue 5 Fundamental Goals During Blinken’s Visit
China will not give up on protecting its interests and calls on the USA to “think very seriously about its role in the war in Ukraine”
Political, economic, and trade tensions between the USA and China are seriously damaging the global geopolitical situation. There is a real technological war going on that is stalling progress and slowing down the energy transition. The political and military support that Washington continues to renew to Taiwan is contrary to the One China principle, which also protests the growing US military activity in the South China Sea.
In preparation for the upcoming three-day visit to China (April 24-26) by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Beijing has formulated a program of 5 goals to be implemented during talks with the US foreign policy chief. Yang Tao, director-general of the North American Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told CCTV that China will propose to establish proper mutual understanding, strengthen dialog, efficiently manage differences, promote mutually beneficial cooperation, and assume responsibilities common to great powers on an equal footing.
According to Yang, “bilateral relations between China and the United States should develop along a stable, solid, and sustainable path.” The Chinese representative emphasized that “differences will always exist between Beijing and Washington, but they should prevent differences from dominating bilateral relations.” In this context, China will not give up defending its interests and calls on the US to “think very seriously about its role in the war in Ukraine and stop slandering and blaming China.”
Thus, Beijing anticipated Washington’s main message that Blinken will have to convey to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and President Xi Jinping: “To distance ourselves from Russia and openly condemn the Kremlin’s policy in Ukraine.”
On the eve of Blinken’s visit, the Wall Street Journal reported that Washington “is preparing new tough sanctions aimed at isolating some Chinese banks from the global financial system, as they continue to fail to comply with sanctions against Russia.” According to the WSJ, “the United States is thus seeking to counter Beijing’s financial support for the Russian arms industry.”
