Biden in first dialogue with Xi as US President discusses human rights in Xinjiang, commerce, different points

Image Source : AP, PTI The two leaders additionally mentioned measures to counter the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenges of worldwide well being safety, local weather change and weapons proliferation within the name which got here forward of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
US President Joe Biden raised the difficulty of human rights in Xinjiang, the crackdown in Hong Kong and the commerce disputes in his first dialogue together with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping after taking on, the White House mentioned on Thursday.

The two leaders additionally mentioned measures to counter the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenges of worldwide well being safety, local weather change and weapons proliferation within the name which got here forward of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

“I told him I will work with China when it benefits the American people,” Biden tweeted after the decision.

In an announcement, the White House mentioned the President had “underscored his fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong, human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan”.

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China’s state broadcaster CCTV mentioned that the 2 “had an in-depth exchange of views on the bilateral relationship and major international and regional issues”, the BBC reported.

Xi additionally warned Biden that dangerous relations could be a catastrophe for each international locations, Chinese media reported.

US-China ties have seen hovering tensions throughout the Donald Trump presidency on points resembling commerce and the Covid-19 pandemic. However, following Trump’s defeat, China has urged the Biden administration to enhance relations.

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