Biden to tell Xi that China must play by the rules - senior US official
Live MintUS President Joe Biden will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a virtual meeting on Monday meant to reduce the chances of a superpower conflict that China must "play by the rules of the road" like a responsible nation, a senior US administration official said. "This is an opportunity for President Biden to tell President Xi directly that he expects him to play by the rules of the road, which is what other responsible nations do," the U.S. official told reporters, citing a litany of U.S. concerns, including China's economic "coercion" of U.S. allies and alleged human rights abuses. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that Washington and its allies would take unspecified "action" if China were to use force to alter the Taiwan status quo, further muddying the long-held U.S. policy of "strategic ambiguity" as to whether the United States would respond militarily. In a call with Blinken on Saturday, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi warned Washington against sending the wrong signals Biden and China's Xi will hold virtual meeting to Taiwan pro-independence forces.