After restoring conversations such as normal calls
“The U.S. will not completely separate the Chinese economy”
The White House announced on the 10th that “at the invitation of China, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Lamondo are discussing the possibility of a visit to China.” China emphasized that it is pursuing the restoration of high-level communication with China as soon as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) visited the United States immediately after completing a three-day siege drill on Taiwan.
White House National Security Council (NSC) Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said at a briefing that day, “I want to emphasize that communication channels between the US and China can be maintained despite tensions.”
Previously, Minister Yellen had a meeting with former Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Liu He at the World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) in January this year and decided to visit China, and Minister Lamondo also visited China to discuss guarantees for US companies entering China. He said he plans to visit China.
However, in the United States, there were concerns that President Tsai’s meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could make the two ministers’ plans for China visit unclear. Politico, a US political media outlet, reported, citing a US government official, that “China has not notified Secretary Yellen and Secretary Lamondo of their visit to China.”
The White House announced that it is also promoting a visit to China by Secretary of State Tony Blincoln, which was delayed due to the Chinese reconnaissance balloon incident, and a call between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “The president is looking forward to talking to President Xi,” Kirby said. “We want this relationship to develop into a better relationship and the two leaders will talk at an appropriate time.”
The Biden administration’s push to restore dialogue with China appears to be aimed at preventing further escalation of US-China tensions due to military conflict in the Taiwan Strait or China’s retaliatory measures due to US export restrictions.
“The United States is not trying to decouple from China or limit China’s growth,” Jay Shambaugh, undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV that day. ” he said.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense announced on the 11th, after the Chinese military’s encirclement drill, that it had spotted 9 Chinese warships and 26 military aircraft near Taiwan. President Tsai criticized China on the same day, saying, “Forcing military exercises to create unrest in Taiwan and the region is not the responsible attitude of a major power in the region.”
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Source: Donga
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