On the last day of Blinken's visit to China, the U.S. State Department website announced Blinken's itinerary in Beijing, and after meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and having lunch, Blinken will also meet with Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong, and hold a press conference in Beijing in the evening, without saying whether Blinken will be received by high-level Chinese officials.
According to a report by Huanqiu.com, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during the talks that the heads of state of China and the United States held a meeting last year and reached an important consensus. Under the joint leadership of the two heads of state, China-US relations have generally stopped falling and stabilized, and the two sides have increased dialogue, cooperation and positive aspects in various fields, which have been welcomed by the people of the two countries and the international community. At the same time, Wang Yi mentioned that negative factors in China-US relations are still accumulating, facing various disruptions and sabotage, China's legitimate development rights have been unreasonably suppressed, and China's core interests have been constantly challenged.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that China and the United States are currently facing a major issue, that is, whether they should stick to the right path of stable progress in China-US relations or repeat the downward spiral, which is a challenge to the sincerity and ability of both sides. The international community is waiting to see the win-win cooperation between China and the United States.
Wang Yi said that China's attitude has been consistent and it has always viewed and developed China-US relations in a responsible manner. China has always adhered to the principles of mutual respect and win-win results, and is committed to promoting the development of China-US relations. China has always been consistent in its demands and has always advocated respecting each other's core interests, and the US should not interfere in China's internal affairs, suppress China's development, or trample on the red line drawn by China.
According to Reuters and AFP, Blinken said during the talks that he would be very clear and very direct, and hoped to make progress on the issues agreed upon by the two heads of state. Blinken believes that face-to-face diplomacy is irreplaceable to ensure that the two countries understand where they disagree and avoid miscalculations and misunderstandings.
The reason why Foreign Minister Wang Yi raised China's red line as soon as they met was because Blinken's visit to China did not carry much sincerity in the first place. Blinken said before he came that he demanded that China not "continue to support Russia" or else sanctions would be imposed on China's banking sector. In addition, Blinken also wants Chinese mainland to "exercise restraint" on the Taiwan issue and not to "change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait." In this way, Blinken did not come to discuss cooperation, but to give orders to the Chinese side.
It's just that what Blinken didn't expect was that on the last day of his visit to China, two pieces of news suddenly came out. First, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he plans to visit China in May this year. Mr. Putin did not disclose a specific date for his visit, which could be Mr. Putin's first foreign trip to begin his presidency. It is noteworthy that the Chinese high-level one, when speaking in Russia before, listed Chernyshevsky's novel "What to do?" as one of his favorite works. This time, Putin will take the book with him on his visit to China, saying that he will give it to their friends.
The second piece of news is that Fu Laiqing, the chief of the Kuomintang legislature, was not affected by the Hualien earthquake and the DPP's public opinion offensive, and led the representatives of the Blue Camp to visit the mainland as scheduled. Before Blinken left Chinese mainland, news of visits from Russia and Taiwan came out, indicating that the chips prepared by the United States for Blinken's visit to China did not work.
The United States wants to isolate China through various methods, but facts have proved that the United States and China not only have differences, but also have close economic and trade ties. However, on the basis of understanding this, the United States still has to face China with a confrontational attitude, which can only show one thing, that is, the decline of the United States has made the American elites unable to wait.