Beijing: China on Tuesday called on the new administration of US President Joe Biden to reverse what officials called the “wrong policies” toward China under former president Donald Trump, and instead take a positive and constructive approach to pull bilateral ties back to the right path, in a direct response to what analysts said was rather negative signals from the new US administration of repeating similar grievances and ill intentions that were a hallmark of the previous government.
In the first public remarks from the Biden administration regarding policies toward China, the White House vowed to take an “approach of patience” to review the relationship, echoing Trump’s thoroughly debunked accusations against China’s trade practices and criticisms of China’s internal and foreign policies.
Such remarks could signal that the Biden administration will likely continue the misguided attempt to contain China’s rise to preserve US dominance, though specific tactics may differ from those of Trump’s, Chinese analysts said, adding that China has made clear that it would reject any bullying tactics and ideologically and politically motivated sanctions and that any relationship must be based on mutual respect and equality.
That was on full display in a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday night at the virtual Davos World Economic Forum (WEF), in which he did not name the US but harshly refuted the US’ bullying tactics, economic decoupling and sanctions and offered a constructive approach to international relations that is based on mutual respect and equality and transcends ideological differences.
Righting the wrongs: “We hope the new US administration can learn from the Trump administration’s wrong policies toward China, treat China and China-US relations objectively and rationally, adopt a positive and constructive policy toward China pushing China-US ties back on the right track,” Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson said.
–The Daily Mail-Global Times news exchange item
