“The United States does not seek conflict with China,” U.S. President Joe Biden said in a meeting with senior military advisers on Wednesday (26th) following the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, there was a major reshuffle of personnel. Chinese President Xi Jinping took over the power, and Xi’s army was all in power.
Biden said the U.S. will continue to lead on a range of issues, from the Russia-Ukraine war to climate change to the Indo-Pacific. “The United States does not seek conflict with China, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping knows that,” Biden stressed.
On the same day, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said at a forum at Stanford University that the U.S. and China are not caught in a technological cold war, and the U.S. just wants to safeguard its national interests.
Referring to the situation in the Taiwan Strait, Blinken believes that China has decided not to accept the status quo of the situation in Taiwan, and has begun to increase pressure on Taiwan, including insisting on the possibility of using force.
U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Pric emphasized on Monday: “The U.S. side did take note of the conclusions of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, but the U.S. side’s attitude toward China will remain unchanged.” G20) summit to hold talks.
Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia and current chairman of the Asia Society’s Policy Institute, called on Wednesday at a business forum in Taipei for Taiwan to engage in dialogue with the Chinese head of state to resume diplomatic and political dialogue to discuss the future of the two sides of the strait.