Biden finally remembered to hit China, and White House security aide Jake Sullivan recently said that Biden will contact China through ** in the near future. Prior to this, Minister Wang Yi and Sullivan met in Bangkok and exchanged views on the importance and necessity of China-US relations.
When talking about the meeting, Mr. Sullivan also expressed his own views on Sino-US relations, that is, China and the United States have both "common interests" of "interdependence" and "common interests" in handling world affairs and reducing the risk of conflict. Sullivan said the United States recognizes the major role that China plays in the world. He declared that while "competing" with China, the United States will still seek peaceful coexistence.
Judging from Sullivan's statement, the position of the United States has been loosened, does it mean that they really want to change their views on China? Actually, there are a lot of reasons to think about it.
First, China's U.S.-China dialogue with the U.S. sends a clear message. Mr. Wang Yi made it clear that the Taiwan issue concerns China's core interests and security concerns must be observed, which is China's consistent attitude. Wang Yi also pointed out that in order to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, we must treat each other in the right way. China's attitude has clearly shown the United States that the relationship between China and the United States cannot go back and must be put back on the right track.
Second, as is often said, the improvement in the attitude of the United States indicates that the draconian measures of the United States have failed. The Americans' style of acting has always been unreasonable, and once the United States is reasonable, they can no longer continue to bully and oppress. From Sullivan's remarks, we can also see that the United States recognizes that China and the United States have close ties and that it is necessary to cooperate with China on many important world affairs.
Third, due to the difficulties of the United States itself, Biden is eager to establish good relations with China. For Biden, the 2024 U.S. election will be a huge test, especially now that Trump is still so strong that both the U.S. and his allies fear a comeback.
Biden is currently facing "internal and external troubles", on the one hand, the U.S.-Mexico border issue, and on the other hand, the contradictions between Texas and the United States, which also increases the possibility of a "civil war", which is also Trump's attack on Biden's weakness. From the outside, events such as the Ukraine crisis and the Palestinian-Israeli dispute have shown how powerless the United States is in this war. According to common sense, if there is civil unrest, the United States may use provocative methods to divert its attention from China, but now the United States is in a "domestic and foreign difficulties", and the United States is facing a grim international situation, as Sullivan said, the United States must accept China's importance in order to have room for negotiation.
Therefore, the sudden change of mind of the United States is not a "sun rising from the West", but in the current situation, the United States has to make a posture that "Americans are sick" and Biden hopes to seek the best way from China".
Sullivan also spoke of the "competition" between China and the United States, and he also said that he would interfere with China in areas such as science and technology, but "the timing is undecided."
The fact that the United States wants to talk to them is a good thing in itself. However, it is interesting to see how the United States will act. We welcome sincere exchanges, but it's another thing to say one thing.