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Shi Jiangtao

Beijing has called on Washington to manage bilateral differences, stop playing the Taiwan card and avoid confrontation, amid a delay in the unveiling of the White House’s China policy.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was originally expected to deliver a high-profile speech on China on Thursday, but it was postponed after the top American diplomat tested positive for Covid-19.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the address would be rescheduled to “some point in the not-too-distant future”.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian declined to comment on the planned speech but wished Blinken a speedy recovery.
“At present, China-US relations are at an important crossroads,” he said on Thursday.
“We hope that the US side will implement President Joe Biden’s positive remarks and abandon the outdated zero-sum thinking of the Cold War.”


Zhao repeated Beijing’s demand that Washington stick to Biden’s commitments about not seeking a new cold war, not seeking to change China’s system, not targeting China with its alliance system and not supporting “Taiwan independence”.
“The US side should meet China halfway … strengthen communication, manage differences, focus on cooperation, and push China-US relations back to the right track of healthy and stable development at an early date,” he said.
“Both history and reality show that China and the US will benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation.”
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The Biden administration has been under pressure over the absence of an official strategy to tackle China, deemed as Washington’s top national security threat.
Washington has sought to reassure its allies and critics at home that despite the Ukraine war, the US will remain committed to its alliance-based, China-focused Indo-Pacific strategy.
Blinken’s speech is expected to take a tough line on China amid bipartisan consensus and the hardening of American views on China.
Relations between Beijing and Washington have taken another blow over China’s ambivalence on the Ukraine war, on top of a whole range of hot-button issues including Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the South China Sea.
They narrowly escaped a major row last month after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for Covid-19 and delayed a planned landmark trip to Taiwan, which Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned would cross Beijing’s “red line” if it went ahead.


Meanwhile, Zhao also lashed out at a reported meeting between White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell and British officials in March, where conflict contingency plans for Taiwan were discussed for the first time.
“At present, the situation in the Taiwan Strait is facing a new round of tension. The root cause is that the Taiwan authorities rely on the United States to seek ‘independence’, and some people in the United States intend to ‘use Taiwan to control China’,” he said.
“For some time now, the United States has been playing the Taiwan card more and more, working with certain countries to hype Taiwan-related issues in an attempt to promote the internationalisation of the Taiwan issue.
“These actions endanger the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, and go further and further down a very dangerous road.”


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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delayed a major statement on China policy after testing positive for Covid-19. Photo: AFP

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during an event at the State Department in Washington on Monday. Photo: AFP

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (second from right), joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan (right), speaks while facing Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi (second from left) and China’s State Councillor Wang Yi (left) at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska in March 2021. Photo: AP

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  Photo: AP

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Chinese foreign ministry says relations are at a crossroads and now is the time to avoid confrontation.


Stop playing the Taiwan card, China tells US ahead of landmark White House speech

Chinese foreign ministry says relations are at a crossroads and now is the time to avoid confrontation Blinken tests positive for Covid-19, delaying policy statement on Beijing

Chinese foreign ministry says relations are at a crossroads and now is the time to avoid confrontation

Blinken tests positive for Covid-19, delaying policy statement on Beijing