Biden mentioned he’ll meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of G-20 Summit subsequent week in Bali.

Washington:

US President Joe Biden mentioned Wednesday he would ask Chinese President Xi Jinping about his “red lines” to scale back the potential for battle after hovering tensions on Taiwan after they collect subsequent week in Bali.

A day earlier than flying to Asia, Biden not directly confirmed plans to satisfy Xi on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in what could be their first encounter since they turned presidents of the world’s two largest economies.

“What I want to do with him when we talk is lay out what kind of — what each of our red lines are,” Biden informed a information convention following US midterm elections.

Biden mentioned he sought to know “what he believes to be in the critical national interests of China, what I know to be the critical interests of the United States, and to determine whether or not they conflict with one another.”

If there are conflicts, Biden mentioned he hoped to work collectively on “how to work it out.”

Biden and Xi have spoken just about as presidents however haven’t met in individual, with the Chinese chief till lately laying aside worldwide journey because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Xi heads to the Indonesian resort island contemporary from securing a historic third time period from his Communist Party, whereas Biden is flying out following a surprisingly robust exhibiting by his Democrats in midterm elections.

The two leaders know one another unusually nicely for 2 presidents, with Biden in 2011 touring to China to spend time with Xi after they have been each vice presidents.

Eleven years later, stress has risen sharply over Taiwan with the Biden administration warning that China has stepped up its timeline to grab the self-governing democracy that it claims as a part of its territory.

– Biden assist on Taiwan –

Biden on three events has indicated that he’s able to commit the US navy to defend Taiwan, a break with longstanding coverage that was walked again every time by the White House.

Biden insisted Wednesday there was no change within the historic US stance of strategic ambiguity on whether or not Washington would use drive within the occasion of a Chinese invasion.

“The Taiwan doctrine has not changed at all from the very beginning,” Biden mentioned, including that he would talk about Taiwan but in addition commerce and China’s relationship with different international locations.

US considerations about Taiwan have been thrown into stark reduction by Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, an operation that had till lately been seen as a distant chance.

Biden bluntly repeated US assessments that China has hesitated at supporting Russia materially, regardless of President Vladimir Putin’s go to to Beijing to satisfy Xi earlier than the invasion.

“I don’t think there’s a lot of respect that China has for Russia or for Putin,” Biden mentioned.

“I don’t think they look at that as a particular alliance. Matter of fact, they’ve been sort of keeping their distance a little bit.”

Biden, like his predecessor Donald Trump, has recognized China because the premier world competitor of the United States and promised to reorient US coverage across the problem.

But the Biden administration has additionally promised to work with China on widespread pursuits comparable to local weather change.

US local weather envoy John Kerry briefly met his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua on the COP27 local weather summit in Egypt, marking an extra thaw in tensions.

China mentioned it could droop local weather dialogue, a key focus of Biden, in anger after an August go to to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat who’s second in line to the presidency.

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