Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed China’s willingness to collaborate with the United States in an effort to manage their differences and jointly tackle global challenges, as reported by Chinese state media.
Xi emphasized that establishing the “right” approach to their relationship is of utmost importance for the world’s stability. He conveyed this message in a letter delivered during an annual gathering of the New York-based National Committee on United States-China Relations.
Xi’s call for more stable bilateral relations centers on the principles of “mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation.” This appeal precedes an important visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Washington later this week.
Wang’s visit, spanning from Thursday to Saturday, marks the highest-level in-person engagement between the two nations in anticipation of an upcoming meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Xi in San Francisco during the November Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
Earlier this summer, several top U.S. officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, held discussions with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing.
Washington’s primary objective is to ensure that the intense competition between the world’s two largest economies and their disagreements on various issues, including trade, Taiwan, and the South China Sea, does not escalate into conflict.
Chinese observers believe that Wang’s visit may pave the way for a potential meeting between the heads of the two states. However, they stress that Washington must take concrete steps to address Beijing’s concerns and demonstrate its sincerity, according to a commentary in China’s state-controlled Global Times.