“China and the US are two major powers that have differences. But at the same time, we also have common interests and face challenges that we need to respond to together. We should not only resume dialogue, but also make it deep and comprehensive,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Wang Yi also called for “stabilising Sino-US relations and returning them to the path of healthy, stable and sustainable development.” Words, words, words.
China’s foreign minister is on a two-day visit to the United States. One possible purpose of which is to prepare a meeting between Xi and Biden on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, scheduled for 12-18 November.
It is obvious that Beijing is making political and diplomatic efforts primarily to keep Washington in line with its de facto adherence to the “one China” policy. As Wang Yi emphasised at his meeting with Anthony Blinken, “in accordance with the provisions of the three joint communiqués between the PRC and the US, with international law, the basic norms of international relations”.
Alas, America has its own view of “stable and sustainable development.” It assumes US dominance in relations with China and the Celestial Empire’s adherence to the Pax Americana. And to keep Beijing on the hook, Washington needs an “independent” Taiwan as a colony and military base to close the ring of China’s blockade on the first chain of islands.
We have repeatedly noted that strategically the positions of the US and China are not convergent. America does not intend to give up its goals, and the PRC does not intend to give up its sovereignty. A peaceful return of Taiwan to its native “Chinese harbour” is not yet in sight either.
Elena Panina