Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need for the United States and China to find ways to coexist during his meeting with Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor and diplomatic strategist for President Joe Biden.
According to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday afternoon, Xi remarked that “significant changes have occurred in U.S.-China relations.” He reaffirmed that China’s goal of achieving stable, healthy, and sustainable development in bilateral relations remains steadfast. Xi emphasized that the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation in managing U.S.-China relations have not changed. He also stressed that China’s commitment to safeguarding its sovereignty, security, and developmental interests remains unchanged.
Xi remarked, “Amid complex international circumstances, each country should unite and cooperate rather than divide or confront each other. As two major powers, China and the U.S. should act as the source of sustaining global peace and accelerator of mutual development, bearing responsibility for history, people, and the world. By seeing the development of China with a positive and rational perspective, we wish the U.S. to consider each other as an opportunity rather than a challenge.”
According to Reuters, Sullivan said, “President Biden is committed to responsibly managing this consequential relationship to ensure the competition does not veer in the conflict or confrontation and to work together where our interests align.” He mentioned that he agreed with Foreign Minister Wang Yi the previous day to plan a phone call between Biden and Xi within a few weeks. The White House announced on Wednesday that Biden is expected to have a phone call with Xi soon.
As a result, there is speculation Biden and Xi might meet again later this year at the G20 summit in Brazil or the APEC summit in Peru, both scheduled for November. Although diplomatic exchanges between the two countries have increased since last year’s U.S.-China summit in San Francisco, tensions persist, particularly over issues such as U.S. technological restrictions on China.
The recent meeting between Xi and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan lasted about an hour. Bloomberg reported that Sullivan emphasized Biden’s commitment to ensuring that competition between the two superpowers does not escalate into conflict. He underscored the need for cooperation where interests align, highlighting a shared goal of managing the relationship constructively.
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