Beijing: Towards the virtual summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his colleagues Joe Biden next week, Beijing on Saturday asked Washington to stop support for Taiwan’s independence, and said the two countries had to meet halfway to improve bilateral bonds.
XI will hold a virtual meeting with Biden on Tuesday morning, Chinese Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said on Saturday.
The president will exchange opinions about Chinese-US relations and general concern problems, Hua said.
XI and Biden have so far have two long telephone conversations this year as part of an effort to ensure stability in one of the most consequential and full of relationships with the world.
Ahead of the XI-Biden meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China and the US had to meet each other half to ensure a successful virtual peak between their two leaders and bring bilateral relations to the right track.
Wang made a statement in a telephone conversation with US Secretary Antony Blinken on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
In Taiwan, which was claimed by China as part of its mainland, Wang said that history and reality had proven that “Taiwan’s independence” was the biggest threat to regional peace and stability.
Every support for “Taiwan’s independence” will damage regional peace and finally causes damage to itself, Wang said.
He urged the US to declare his opposition to “Taiwan’s independence” which moved clearly and firmly enforced commitment made in three communiques with China-US.
He also asked the US to stick to the one-China policy with concrete actions instead of sending the wrong signal to the power of “Independence Taiwan”.
Blinken quoted by official media here said that both parties were fully prepared for the Summit because they would gather great attention throughout the world.
On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen PSAKi said that Biden President would discuss with President XI way to be responsible for managing competition between the United States and China, as well as ways to work together where our interests.
“Throughout, President Biden will clarify US intentions and priorities and be clear and honest about our concerns with the PRC,” PSAKI said in a statement.
Tensions between the two countries have deepened because the two leaders have a long phone call in September, the announcement of the surprise of the Aukus military alliance between the US, Britain and Australia, to fight the presence of the Chinese military in the Asia-Pacific, and the US tightened the Quad Alliance with Australia, India and Japan.
The US has also expanded relations with Taiwanese government officials.
Towards the Summit, the two countries, which are the top two global greenhouse gases, together accounted for about 40 percent of the world’s annual carbon output, reaching a surprising agreement to work together in limiting emissions to overcome the global climate crisis.
The agreement was announced at the COP26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, aimed at accelerating emissions reduction in the objectives stipulated in the 2015 Paris Agreement, which mandated emissions deductions that would maintain a global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industry time, with targets 1.5 degrees Celsius.
It was seen as a major diplomatic breakthrough between the two countries because their current situation occurred through turbulent times with Biden mostly advancing the policies of the tough predecessor Donald Trump against Beijing.
Biden administration has worked more with traditional US allies to collectively put pressure on Beijing on various problems, including human rights, Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet.
Biden has also increased American involvement in the Indo-Pacific region, which has seen aggressive movements by the Chinese military.
Last month, Nicholas caught fire, Pick Biden to become US envoys to China said Beijing had to stop “genocide in Xinjiang, his violations in Tibet, freeze autonomy and freedom of Hong Kong, and Taiwan intimidation”.