U.S-China talks got off to a rough start in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday as both sides reprimanded each other, according to CNBC. The meeting, initially meant to be a four-minute photoshoot, lasted more than an hour.
U.S Claims and Issues
- “The relationship of the U.S with China will be competitive where it should be, collaborative where it can be, and adversarial where it must be.”
- Actions by China, including in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyberattacks on the U.S threaten the rules-based order that maintains global security.
- The overriding priority of the U.S is to ensure its approach to the world, and China benefits the American people, its allies, and partners.
- U.S is proud of the work it has done to revitalize its alliances and partnerships, the foundation of its foreign policy
China Claims and Issues
- China has in the past not and in the future will not accept unwarranted accusations from the U.S side.
- China urges the U.S to fully abandon the hegemony practice of willfully interfering in China’s internal affairs.
- China and the U.S must show important responsibilities and contribute to the peace, stability, and development of the world.
- Both countries must abandon the cold-war mentality and zero-sum game approach.
- The U.S has exercised long jurisdiction and suppression and overstretched.
- The U.S does not represent international public opinion, neither does the western world.
- The U.S must change its own image and stop advancing its own democracy to the rest of the world.
U.S-China Alaska talks were the first high-level meeting under President Joe Biden’s administration.
