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US President Joe Biden He said more Wednesday Both leaders believe Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator Progress has been made In their relationship during a meeting outside San Francisco.
“Well, look, he’s a dictator, he’s running a country that’s a communist country that’s based on a completely different form of government than we have,” Biden told CNN’s MJ. told Lee. “Anyway, we’ve moved on.”
Asked about Biden’s latest comment at a Chinese foreign ministry briefing on Thursday, a spokesman called it “grossly incorrect” and “an irresponsible political maneuver that China firmly opposes.”
“What needs to be pointed out is that there will always be some people with the intention of undermining China-US relations. They will not succeed in doing so,” said spokesman Mao Ning.
Beijing He replied furiously The president made similar comments in the summer and compared his Chinese counterpart to “dictators” in June.
It was then that the President made this comment An off-camera campaign reception in California attacked Xi for being caught by surprise when the US shot down a Chinese spy balloon that flew over the US.
“The reason Xi Jinping was so upset that he shot down that balloon with two boxcars full of spy equipment is because he didn’t know it was there.
“No, I’m serious. “That’s the biggest embarrassment for dictators who don’t know what happened,” Biden said. At the time.
The response from Beijing in June was swift and furious.
“The comments seriously contradict basic facts, seriously violate diplomatic ethics, and seriously violate China’s political dignity,” a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Wednesday’s comment could threaten to derail the positive energy coming out of the meeting, which Biden described at a news conference as “some of the most productive and productive discussions we’ve had.”
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Biden developed a deep relationship with Xi during his time as vice president and appears to still have a warm personal relationship, even as US-China relations have soured. He also wished the Chinese leader’s wife a happy birthday during the talks, a senior US official told CNN.
“I know the man, I know his way of working, I’ve seen his eyes – we have differences of opinion. He has a different view than me on many things, but he’s straight. I don’t mean good, great, indifferent, straight,” he said. .
For his part, Chinese state media reported that Xi called on the United States “not to plan to suppress or contain China” during the detailed talks on Wednesday.
“China has no plans to surpass or defeat the United States, and the United States should not plan to suppress or contain China,” Xi said, according to a reading published by China’s state news agency Xinhua.
“Both sides should understand each other’s principles and fundamentals, not to overstep or provoke problems or boundaries, (but instead) communicate more, have more dialogue and more discussions, and handle differences and accidents calmly,” Xi said.
During the meeting, the two leaders stressed the need for “mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, communication and conflict prevention,” Xinhua said.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
