US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People on Monday, Xinhua reported.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: AFP/Leah Millis)
Mariann Őry 19/06/2023 23:12

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People on Monday, Xinhua reported.

According to the news agency, Xi said the world needs a generally stable China-U.S. relationship, and whether the two countries can find the right way to get along bears on the future and destiny of humanity.

The Chinese president pointed out that the vast expanse of the Earth is big enough to accommodate the respective development and common prosperity of China and the United States. The Chinese, like the Americans, are dignified, confident and self-reliant people, Xi said, adding that they both have the right to pursue a better life.

Xi said the international community is generally concerned about the current state of China-U.S. relations. "It does not want to see conflict or confrontation between China and the United States or choose sides between the two countries, and it expects the two countries to coexist in peace and have friendly and cooperative relations."
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The common interests of the two countries should be valued, and their respective success is an opportunity instead of a threat to each other.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: AFP/Leah Millis)

Xi stressed that major-country competition does not represent the trend of the times, still less can it solve America's own problems or the challenges facing the world. China respects US interests and does not seek to challenge or displace the United States, and in the same vein, the United States needs to respect China and must not hurt China's legitimate rights and interests, said Xi. "Neither side should try to shape the other side by its own will, still less deprive the other side of its legitimate right to development."

The Chinese president said China always hopes to see a sound and steady China-US relationship and believes that the two major countries can overcome various difficulties and find the right way to get along based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, calling on the US side to adopt a rational and pragmatic attitude and work with China in the same direction. Xi pointed out that the two sides need to remain committed to the common understandings he and President Biden reached in Bali, and translate the positive statements into actions so as to stabilize and improve China-US relations.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: AFP/Leah Millis)
Blinken said that President Joe Biden believes that the United States and China have an obligation to responsibly manage their relations, adding that this is in the interests of the United States, China and the world.

The United States is committed to returning to the agenda set by the two presidents in Bali, Blinken said, adding that the United States stands by the commitments made by President Biden, namely that the United States does not seek a new Cold War, it does not seek to change China's system, its alliances are not directed at China, it does not support "Taiwan independence," and it does not seek conflict with China, Xinhua added.

“It was clear coming in that the relationship was at a point of instability,” Blinken said at a news conference in the Chinese capital Monday, according to CNN. “I came to Beijing to strengthen high-level channels of communication, to make clear our positions and intentions in areas of disagreement, and to explore areas where we might work together on our interests, align on shared transnational challenges, and we did all of that,” Blinken said. “We’re not going to have success on every issue between us on any given day, but in a whole variety of areas, on the terms that we set for this trip, we have made progress and we are moving forward,” he said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang received US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Photo: AFP/Leah Millis)
On Sunday, Antony Blinken met State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. The Chinese diplomat said that "the China-US relationship is at the lowest point since its establishment". "This does not serve the fundamental interests of the two peoples or meet the shared expectations of the international community," he added. According to the Chinese foreign ministry, both sides agreed to jointly implement the important common understandings reached by the two presidents in Bali, effectively manage differences, and advance dialogue, exchanges and cooperation.

The US Secretary of State also met Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee. According to Xinhua, the Chinese top diplomat noted that Blinken's visit comes at a critical juncture in China-US relations, and a choice needs to be made between dialogue and confrontation as well as between cooperation and conflict.

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