{"id":5482,"date":"2024-04-27T00:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T00:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2024-04-27T00:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T00:26:30","slug":"china-warns-us-not-to-step-on-its-red-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5482","title":{"rendered":"China warns US not to step on its \u2018red lines\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cautioned his US counterpart Antony Blinken against stepping on China\u2019s \u201cred lines\u201d at a meeting between the two countries\u2019 top diplomats in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Mr Wang acknowledged the China-US relationship was beginning to stabilise, but said it was still being tested by \u201cnegative factors\u201d.<\/p>\n

After meeting China\u2019s President Xi Jinping, Mr Blinken stressed the need to \u201ccommunicate clearly about our differences\u201d.<\/p>\n

This was to \u201cminimise the risk of miscalculation and misunderstandings\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Blinken\u2019s visit, his second to China in less than a year, forms part of a significant increase in dialogue and diplomacy \u2013 however frosty \u2013 between these rival powers as they attempt to put relations on an even keel after a period of immense tension last year.<\/p>\n

Ties have been strained by China\u2019s claims over Taiwan and the South China Sea, and US export bans on advanced tech. They were further damaged by\u00a0a row over a spy balloon last February.<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, just a few days ago, the US passed a law that would\u00a0force Chinese-owned TikTok\u00a0<\/a>to sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in America.<\/p>\n

Mr Blinken said TikTok had not come up in the talks with the Chinese leader, but a number of US concerns had.<\/p>\n

Washington approved its latest aid package early this week which included military assistance to Taiwan. This drew sharp criticism from Beijing.<\/p>\n

In Beijing, Mr Blinken reaffirmed US support for the \u201cone-China policy\u201d \u2013 a cornerstone of US-China relations under which the US recognises and has formal ties with China rather than Taiwan.<\/p>\n

China claims self-governed Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing\u2019s control, but the island sees itself as distinct.<\/p>\n

At a news conference after meeting Mr Xi, the US secretary of state went on to reiterate the US\u2019s \u201cironclad\u201d support for the Philippines in their dispute over the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

He also said he had raised concerns about the erosion of Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy, and human rights abuses in Tibet.<\/p>\n

Addressing China\u2019s role further afield, Mr Blinken said he had urged the Chinese president to stop sending supplies to Russia to be used in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and to discourage Iran and others from escalating tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

During a\u00a0call earlier this month<\/a>, US President Joe Biden and Mr Xi discussed avenues of co-operation, including efforts to combat climate change and narcotics.<\/p>\n

But they clashed over the US\u2019s support for Taiwan and trade restrictions on technology.<\/p>\n

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