The expected virtual face-to-face between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden lasted about three hours.
"I am happy to see an old friend", began the leader of Beijing, waving to the American president sitting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
In short, from the very first words, the desire to thaw emerged with a "frank and frank" meeting. "Not only in front of our peoples but in front of the whole world we have the responsibility of managing the competition between our two countries with responsibility", the appeal launched by Biden and accepted by Xi, who said he was ready to work for the development of relations between the United States and China but underlining how this is possible only in mutual respect.
After the pleasantries, the situation of human rights in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet was among the hottest issues on the table. Biden then stressed the need to protect American workers and businesses from unfair and unfair economic and business practices.
TAIWAN - Hence the question of Taiwan. The United States, Biden reiterated, strongly opposes any unilateral effort to change the status quo in Taiwan and undermine peace and stability in the area. Xi's response is harsh: on the situation in the Taiwan Strait, he said, weighs a new wave of tension because the island's authorities have repeatedly tried to "trust the United States for independence" and some people in the US intend to "use Taiwan to control China ". This trend "is very dangerous: it is playing with fire and getting burned. We are patient about reunification - added Xi in the report of the Xinhua news agency -, but if the separatist forces break through the red line, we will have to take decisive measures".
"The true status quo of the Taiwan issue - reads the report from the Xinhua agency - and the fundamental content of the One China are: there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an integral part of it and the government of the Republic popular is the only legal government that represents China. "Biden, according to Xinhua, replied" that the United States is not trying to change the Chinese system, is not trying to strengthen alliances against China, and has no intention of joining conflict with China. The US government is committed to pursuing the long-term coherent policy of the One China and does not support Taiwan's independence, hoping that the Taiwan Strait will maintain peace and stability. "
XI: "NO TO INTERFERENCES" - Another jab came on the concept of democracy: "Rich and colorful", Xi defines it, because the whole world does not have "a specific model. Whether a country is democratic or not, it must say its people. If you are excluded because of the different forms of achieving democracy, this is in itself undemocratic behavior. " "We are willing to conduct a dialogue on human rights issues on the basis of mutual respect, but we do not accept their use to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries," Xi added, according to Xinhua.
Finally, an outstretched hand: China and the United States, Xi said in the virtual summit with Biden, share vast common interests in many fields such as the economy, energy, military, education, science and technology. , networks and environmental protection. The two countries, therefore, "should exchange what is necessary and learn from each other to make the 'cake' of Sino-American cooperation bigger", being able to use "the channels of dialogue and the platforms of the mechanisms of the security teams. diplomatic, economics, trade and finance and climate change to promote pragmatic cooperation and solve specific problems ".
(Unioneonline / D)