Febuary 5, 2021

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday US time that he remains prepared for cooperation with China in his first speech on foreign affairs at the Department of State after his inauguration, while also calling China the US’ “most serious competitor.” Chinese experts said this attitude is at least marginally more positive than the previous administration but a lack of clarity exists on how the US would like to cooperate. 

In response to Biden’s latest remarks about being “ready for cooperation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday’s routine press conference that China and the US are two major countries that share broad common interests and crucial obligations. 

Regarding rising problems like COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, the challenges facing all of humanity require China-US cooperation to increase, not to decrease, he noted.

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