Pushing China-US relations back to track of healthy, stable development

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China Military Online
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Huang Panyue
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2022-11-17 18:16:05

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Chinese President Xi Jinping met the US President Biden in Bali, Indonesia, on November 14. This marks the first face-to-face meeting between top leaders of China and the US over the past three years, the first face-to-face summit since President Joe Biden took office, and the first interaction between the two top leaders after China and the US completed their respective domestic major agendas of 2022. The high-profile China-US summit has released a positive signal that both sides hope to push the ever-declining China-US relations back to the track of stable development.

A stronger and more resilient social safety net is needed to push China-US relations back to the track of healthy and stable development. The topics of the summit covered the most important aspects of bilateral relations, with the Taiwan question as a priority. The Taiwan question is at the very core of China's interests, the bedrock of the political foundation of China-US relations, and the red line that must not be crossed by the US in bilateral relations.

President Biden also made the statement that the US remains committed to the One China policy, does not support Taiwan’s independence, "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan", and does not seek to contain China with Taiwan. The US has made clear on various occasions that the US seeks no conflict with China.

The US side should make good on its commitment to China in concrete actions while abiding by the basic norms of international relations and three China-US joint communiqués, which is the key to controlling conflicts and preventing confrontation between the two countries, and also serves as the most important defense and social safety net in the China-US relations.

It is in the common interests of the two countries to push China-US relations back to the track of healthy and stable development. Under the current situation, China and the US have the most basic common interests of no conflict, no confrontation and peaceful coexistence. The economies of China and the United States are deeply integrated. Facing new development tasks, the two countries need to benefit from each other's development, which is also a common interest to both.

The post-pandemic recovery of the global economy, the response to climate change and the resolution of regional hotspot issues also depend on the China-US coordination and cooperation. The politicization, instrumentalization and ideologization of economic and trade issues by the US, have had a negative impact on both the bilateral relations and international industrial chain cooperation and international trading system. This is evidenced by the fact that the US government has successively introduced a series of prohibitions or export controls to further suppress China's development in the high-tech field over the past period of time. However, the US policy has dragged the global chip industry into this.

Facts have repeatedly proven that we cannot simply define China-US relations by competition, and cooperation has always been the best choice for both sides. During the summit, the two heads of state agreed that the two sides could conduct dialogue and coordination on issues including macroeconomic policies, bilateral trading and economic cooperation, releasing a positive signal that both sides are making efforts to extend the cooperation list.

It is a way to inject stability and certainty into a volatile and changing world by promoting China-US relations back to the track of healthy and stable development. The significance of China-US relations is self-evident for the world. The China-US cooperation serves to facilitate the accomplishment of multiple major issues beneficial to the world.

In terms of climate change, extreme natural disasters such as typhoons, wildfires in mountains, droughts, and floods in 2022, have hit the world frequently, giving an alarm to all mankind. China and the US have a good and long-term history of cooperation in climate change and play a key role in global efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

During the summit, the two heads of state reached a consensus to work together to promote the success of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, COP 27). In addition, the two heads of state exchanged views in-depth on international and regional issues, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. Controlling and stabilizing China-US relations is supposed to be an ongoing process.

It is expected that the China-US summit will turn out to be a new starting point for controlling and stabilizing the bilateral relations, while the two sides maintain dialogue and communications to manage conflicts and differences, promote exchanges and cooperation, add positive energy to and install safety valves for the relationship, and inject stability and certainty into a volatile and changing world in accordance with the priorities set by the two heads of state.

Disclaimer: This article is originally published on the haiwainet.cn, and is translated from Chinese into English and edited by the China Military Online. The information, ideas or opinions appearing in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of eng.chinamil.com.cn.

 

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