US SecState urges China to deescalate tensions, stay clear of taking any unilateral actions towards Taiwan

 

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in the G2o Summit, urged China to deescalate tensions in the Indo-pacific region, and refrained from taking unilateral actions towards Taiwan.

 

Blinken said at the G20 meeting that China has expanded pressures concerning Taiwan and that Washington needs to proceed with its "one-China strategy," which perceives Beijing yet permits informal relations and continues defence tie with Taipei. 

 

The top U.S. ambassador told Wang that the U.S. had not changed its "one China" strategy towards Taiwan. 

 

Blinken stated that the U.S. goes against activities by China "that oppose our interests and values... including activities associated with human rights violations in Xinjiang, Tibet. 

Bilateral relations between #China and the #US in past few years have suffered an all-around impact due to US’ wrong China policy, #FM Wang Yi said Sunday during his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, noting the US has introduced over 300 anti-China bills. pic.twitter.com/AjxKKO3OvT

— Chinese Consulate General in Sydney (@ChinaConSydney) November 1, 2021

 

The U.S. had left formal political relations with Taipei in 1979 to recognise Beijing. The U.S. doesn't straightforwardly challenge China's case to Taiwan; however, it is bound by law to guarantee that the island can safeguard itself and regard all intimidations toward it as matters of serious concern.

 

One of the main objectives of the United States is to keep an open line of correspondence with Beijing and schedule a virtual online meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden for talks.

 

A senior official of the State Department expressed the talks as fair, productive and effective, saying that Blinken was open about U.S. interests during the approximately hour-long conference.

 

The Chinese Foreign Ministry declaration stated that Wang, while criticising the United States for a sharp decline in relationships, announced he would want to build regular communication with Blinken to exchange opinions on handling the issues between their two nations and avoid biases explore more cooperation in future.

 

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