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On Monday, President Joe Biden spoke of the need for leaders of the world’s two largest democracies to agree to strengthen cooperation at a time when both countries face strained relations with China. On Tuesday, he will hold America’s first ever four-party summit with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia, as the four countries step up cooperation to counter China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The two leaders spoke as Biden announced the formation of a Pentagon task force to review the role of the U.S. military in Myanmar’s civil war in the east of the country and announced that he would impose sanctions on the military regime in Myanmar after this month’s coup. The two leaders spoke Monday, just days after Biden announced a military review of the United States military presence in Southeast Asia and announced sanctions against Myanmar’s “military regime” following this month’s coup in the Southeast Asian country, the White House said.
Biden also pressed Xi on the U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia and China’s role in the conflict in Myanmar. Biden also pressed Xi on the role of the US military in the South China Sea and the Middle East, urging him to change Xi’s stance on North Korea’s nuclear program and other issues.
Indian experts who have studied the crisis on the India-China border said India is pushing China back on economic and maritime issues. India needs to calibrate its cooperation because it is not an ally of the United States, Australia or Japan, “said Dr. K.K. Srinivasan, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Biden also wants to consult with allies in Asia and Europe before making a decision on tariffs, administration officials said. Biden also wants to consult with allies in Asia and the European Union to make decisions on tariffs, and with China on issues like the South China Sea and the Sino-Indian border, an administration official said. He also wanted to consult with allies across Asia, Europe and beyond to make decisions on tariffs.
Biden and other senior administration officials are watching the long game as they and their colleagues try to restart the relationship, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of Biden’s plans. Biden and other top administration officials have been looking after their counterparts, who are looking at the “long game” as he and his counterpart seek a “reset” of relations.
Ultimately, Biden recently said, he expects US-China relations to be “extremely competitive” in the coming years. Ultimately, Biden said, “I expect the [United States-China] relationship to be a relationship of extremes in the years ahead.” Ultimately, Biden said recently, “I expect [the] United States, the United States and China [to] be at the extreme of competition.
On foreign policy, Beijing hopes that President Joe Biden will adopt a “tough – on China” approach in his first term. At the same time, Biden is determined to move away from the Obama administration’s “America First” foreign policy approach and be tough on China, and enjoys bipartisan support in Washington. The Chinese leadership will be prepared for human rights issues that remain controversial. The development of the global landscape and human society will positively influence relations between the US and China, as well as between the United States and India.
Xi Jinping wants China to take the next step to displace the United States as the world’s largest economy and second-largest power after Japan when he concludes his third five-year term. There will be a grand plan to build on this momentum, with an emphasis on China’s economic growth, human rights, and economic development.
This would lead to economic and political change on a scale that dwarfs that in the US and India, even assuming that China’s share of the global economy increases only moderately from its current level. Granted, there are some who do not really want Xi’s third term, but for a country that is constantly derided in the state media as a paper tiger, this could be a nightmare for President Xi Jinping.
This would lead to economic and political change on a scale that dwarfs that in the US and India, even assuming that China’s share of the global economy increases only moderately from its current level. Granted, there are some who do not really want Xi’s third term, but for a country that is constantly derided in the state media as a paper tiger, this could be a nightmare for President Xi Jinping.
What is worrying is that Modi, who appears to be close to Joe Biden, jettisoned previous US policies toward Narendra Modi after he won the 2014 election and was elected India’s second BJP prime minister. The Chinese leader, whom Biden dealt with during his tenure as Barack Obama’s vice president, is using his position to press India as a key ally in the Indo-Pacific region. This took into account Modi’s decision to take into account Biden’s continued credibility in India, which is crucial to ensuring a level of popular hope that mass unrest in India would be prevented.
