Index – Foreign Affairs – The quiet confrontation between China and America continues

“We will seek to build mutually beneficial cooperation to stabilize US-China relations and return them to the path of healthy, stable and sustainable development,” Wang Jie said Thursday evening, before sitting down at the conference, allowing “misunderstandings to be avoided.” A table with his American colleague Anthony Blinken. He noted that he looked forward to “constructive discussions in the coming days.”

Wang Jie will hold talks with Blinken again on Friday, and at the White House he will hold talks with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and possibly President Joe Biden. Regarding the November summit of members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) scheduled to be held in San Francisco, Biden is expected to hold separate talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and this meeting is also being prepared during Wang Jie’s current presidency. Visit.

Joe Biden has repeatedly expressed his hope to meet the Chinese President again before the end of the year. The last time the two presidents held direct talks was in November 2022, during the G20 summit in Indonesia, MTI reported.

“We will compete with China in every way possible while respecting international rules – political, economic and others. But I am not looking for conflict,” Joe Biden said on Wednesday.