They addressed a good part of the issues that have strained their relationship in recent times.
The presidents of China and the United States, Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, spoke on Monday for more than three hours in a virtual meeting in which they addressed many of the issues that have strained their relationship in recent times, such as the sovereignty of Taiwan or commercial and military rivalries.
These are the keys to the dialogue:
Taiwan, main red line
The question of Taiwan’s sovereignty, which China claims, was one of the most complicated on the table. Xi stressed that the island “plays with fire” when it seeks US support for its independence and that his country does not give up on completing “reunification.” Biden recalled that his country opposes “unilateral efforts” that seek to change the status quo or threaten peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Pandemic and climate change
The two presidents have agreed that an effort to boost bilateral cooperation in the face of pressing global challenges such as climate change, the pandemic, energy security and the stability of supply chains is crucial.
“China-US cooperation may not solve all problems, but few problems can be solved without such cooperation,” Xi said.
Business and politics don’t mix
The commercial rivalry was another of the expected topics on the agenda and it was not lacking. Biden stressed the need to protect US workers and companies from “unfair” business and economic practices by China. Xi, for his part, has asked to leave politics aside from business, has considered bilateral trade relations as “beneficial by nature” and urged Washington not to abuse the use of the concept of national security to suppress Chinese competition in USA
Alliances versus common fronts
The military struggle and the clear will of both leaders to avoid reaching the conflict has been another of the keys to this virtual summit in which Xi has asked his counterpart to keep his word not to seek a new Cold War and has recalled that ” the bitter lessons “from the previous one” are still fresh in the memory. “
In turn, Biden has stressed the importance of managing “strategic risks” well and using common sense to ensure that competition does not lead to conflict.
Human Rights, the other disagreement
As expected, the US ruler has raised his country’s concern about China’s “practices” in the Xinjiang and Tibet regions and the semi-autonomous Hong Kong, although the brief official statement from the White House did not offer further details. .
On this matter, the Chinese leader has asserted that China is open to dialogue on human rights on the basis of mutual respect, but is opposed to using this matter to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. “To despise forms of democracy that are different from one’s own is, in itself, undemocratic,” he argued. (I)
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