Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton believes Chinese President Xi Jinping will find President Joe Biden “a receptive partner” on issues such as climate change when the two leaders meet in California next week to discuss ways in which the US and China can cooperate. .
“It’s certainly an opportunity to build confidence,” Clinton said Wednesday during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
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“There hasn’t been that much interaction until relatively recently between the Chinese government and the United States government,” Clinton continued via video link. “There has been a real chill coming from China about American companies inside China, and of course there are political pressures against China within our own political system.”
“This meeting is a fantastic opportunity to try to reset the table, to try to create an opening,” he said. “But it needs to be followed up with many more interactions.”
The progressive Democrat praised Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and others for their trips to China in recent weeks.
“There is no substitute for the effort that is being made to have these kinds of meetings on strategic and economic concerns,” Clinton said. “I think a lot of what happens in the future depends on Xi Jinping’s goals.”
She credited these regular meetings for the “more positive” relations between the two nations when she was secretary of state, but noted that Xi’s “chilling” refusal to step down “creates many challenges.”
“Part of the reason things were a little more positive when I was there, and we had a very regular set of meetings, was because Hu Jintao was a Chinese leader who decided he wasn’t going to stay for life.” explained. “So there would be a constant renewal of both the Chinese government and, through that, the American relationship.”
In March, Xi “received a third five-year term as the nation’s president on Friday, putting him on course to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with USA and others”. Associated Press informed at the time.
“Xi, 69, nominated himself for a third five-year term as party general secretary in October, breaking with a tradition in which Chinese leaders hand over power once a decade.” depending on the medium. “A two-term limit on the figurehead’s presidency was removed from the Chinese Constitution earlier, prompting suggestions that he could remain in power for life.”
“Once Xi decides to stay in office for life, that creates a lot of challenges within his own system,” Clinton said. “And I think we’re seeing some of that with the removal of senior officials, some of the economic problems in the Chinese economy, but it also creates a chilling effect in terms of relationships. How do you deal with someone who’s not going to be accountable?”
As for her upcoming meeting with Biden, Clinton hopes Xi will see “that it is in China’s interest to go deeper with President Biden, to develop a platform for discussions, to solve problems, to find ways to cooperate, if it’s about climate change, or other matters that may be of mutual interest to us.”
“Really sending that signal,” he said. “I think he will find a receptive partner with President Biden if he is available.”
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