June 19, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Monday afternoon, calling on the US side to adopt a rational and pragmatic attitude to avoid major-country competition, and to respect China's legitimate rights and interests. The closely watched meeting is expected to inject some confidence into the world as the downward spiral in China-US relations has raised more concerns of potential conflicts, some experts said, who see Blinken's two-day visit as yielding some positive results with a clear roadmap brought up to bringing bilateral relations back to the correct track. 

The meeting between Xi and Blinken itself signaled that the talks between Chinese and US senior diplomats from Sunday to Monday reached some consensus, reflecting that the Chinese government highly values  the stable development of China-US relations, underscoring its sincerity and goodwill and paving the way for the next phase of China-US high-level interactions in coming months. 

The world needs a generally stable China-US relationship. Whether the two countries can find the right way to get along will have a bearing on the future and destiny of humanity, Xi told Blinken during the meeting. The common interests of the two countries should be valued, and their respective success is an opportunity and not a threat to each other, the Chinese top leader said. 

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