After “erroneous words and deeds” froze Sino-U.S. relations, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang stated on Monday that ties must be stabilized.
Qin told U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns in Beijing that the U.S. must fix its Taiwan policy and cease undermining the “one China” premise.
Last year, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited democratic Taiwan, angering China, which claims the island as its own. As a result, the relationship between the world’s two greatest economies plummeted.
Beijing cut down military connections with the U.S.
At a G20 conference in Indonesia in November, U.S. and Chinese presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to more regular engagement, easing tensions.
Qin told Burns, “A series of erroneous words and deeds by the United States since then have undermined the hard-won positive momentum of Sino-U.S. relations,” the Chinese foreign ministry stated.
“The agenda of dialogue and cooperation agreed by the two sides has been disrupted, and the relationship between the two countries has once again encountered cold ice.”
In February, a Chinese high-altitude balloon entered U.S. airspace, prompting Secretary of State Antony Blinken to abandon a Beijing visit.
Blinken told the Washington Post last week that regular contact at all levels was crucial, suggesting a visit.
Last week, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said China had asked him to come “in the near term” for climate talks, suggesting optimism of resetting one of the world’s most significant state-to-state ties.
Qin said Sino-U.S. ties matter to China, the U.S., and the globe.
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