{"id":1389510,"date":"2022-03-19T08:55:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389510"},"modified":"2022-03-19T08:59:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T12:59:38","slug":"bidens-call-with-chinas-president-xi-doesnt-appear-to-have-changed-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-call-with-chinas-president-xi-doesnt-appear-to-have-changed-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Call With China\u2019s President Xi Doesn\u2019t Appear to Have Changed Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-call-with-chinas-president-xi-doesnt-appear-to-have-changed-anything%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389510&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Chinese media began posting <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2022\/03\/18\/china-state-media-xi-told-biden-we-didnt-want-this-ukrainian-crisis-n456308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details of the call<\/a> hours ago, while it was in progress, a tactic they\u2019ve taken lately in hopes of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onlyyoontv\/status\/1504839369617674240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shaping public perceptions<\/a> before the White House issues its own readout of what was said.<\/p>\n<p>That readout is now available. It\u2019s not super encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose it was naive to expect a breakthrough today in which Xi formally put some distance between China and Russia on Ukraine, never mind <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/allahpundit\/2022\/03\/17\/hmmmmm-chinese-media-now-airing-evidence-of-russian-atrocities-n456182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the sudden turn against Russia in Chinese media<\/a>. The call was advertised beforehand as an opportunity for Biden to threaten Xi with sanctions if China granted Russia\u2019s request for military and economic aid. Under those circumstances, it was unrealistic to expect Xi to make any sudden concessions. To do so would have looked weak.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he\u2019ll make those concessions quietly in the weeks ahead? A boy can dream. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It took the White House four hours to craft this readout of Biden&#8217;s call w\/ Xi (while Xi&#8217;s side has been out there for hours) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5WxsdeV95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/y5WxsdeV95<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZekeJMiller\/status\/1504894300768854025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/zxxx_662805\/202203\/t20220319_10653207.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China\u2019s readout<\/a> of the call focuses on Taiwan before shifting to Ukraine. The key bit comes at the end, warning the U.S. that slapping sanctions on China for helping Russia will hurt the U.S. economy too:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Xi stressed that with the need to fight COVID-19 on the one hand and protect the economy and people\u2019s livelihood on the other, things are already very difficult for countries around the world. As leaders of major countries, we need to think about how to properly address global hotspot issues and, more importantly, keep in mind global stability and the work and life of billions of people. Sweeping and indiscriminate sanctions would only make the people suffer. If further escalated, they could trigger serious crises in global economy and trade, finance, energy, food, and industrial and supply chains, crippling the already languishing world economy and causing irrevocable losses. The more complex the situation, the greater the need to remain cool-headed and rational.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Times reporter read through these Chinese readout and concluded that if the White House was hoping Beijing will lean on Putin to wrap things up in Ukraine, those hopes have been dashed:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. The Chinese readout said US &#038; NATO should talk to Russia to try to resolve the crisis and address the security concerns of Russia &#038; Ukraine. It also emphasized the tensions between China &#038; US over Taiwan before it mentioned Ukraine. Here it is: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZNEnmZiEI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/wZNEnmZiEI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edward Wong (@ewong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewong\/status\/1504858200331493377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another analyst also saw nothing in the readout signaling a change of China\u2019s posture towards the war:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What struck me is the key concern and emphasis on economic flows and stability and a determined critique of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sanctions?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sanctions<\/a> as threatening global economic order and hurting ordinary people. 4\/7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maria Repnikova (@MariaRepnikova) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaRepnikova\/status\/1504869469339979816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Is this noteworthy?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One positive glimpse: Humanitarian aid to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Ukraine<\/a> is noted, military aid to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Russia<\/a> is not. 5\/7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maria Repnikova (@MariaRepnikova) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaRepnikova\/status\/1504869470766043186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t seem noteworthy to me. If China is quietly providing material support to a pariah state for an unpopular war, it naturally won\u2019t advertise that fact. Whereas it would, of course, eagerly advertise humanitarian support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>This broadside posted last night by a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman also doesn\u2019t scream \u201cready to assist!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#China<\/a> is on the wrong side of history is overbearing. It is the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#US<\/a> that is on the wrong side of history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hua Chunying \u534e\u6625\u83b9 (@SpokespersonCHN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpokespersonCHN\/status\/1504651627621355529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#US<\/a> had truly abided by the purposes and principles of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNCharter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#UNCharter<\/a>, how could it have staged wars without remorse for the people of Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq &#038; Syria \u2026?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hua Chunying \u534e\u6625\u83b9 (@SpokespersonCHN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpokespersonCHN\/status\/1504651633254232066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukrainian?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Ukrainian<\/a> people need peace &#038; security instead of weapons &#038; ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hua Chunying \u534e\u6625\u83b9 (@SpokespersonCHN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpokespersonCHN\/status\/1504651638824308737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe call is unlikely to produce any substantive changes to China\u2019s position,\u201d said one Chinese analyst to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/03\/18\/biden-xi-china-call-ukraine-russia-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WaPo<\/a>. \u201cIt will not pressure Moscow into a settlement or openly support sanctions because Beijing likely calculates that its relationship with Washington will not improve even if it does so.\u201d According to one U.S. official, China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/18\/biden-administration-pressures-xi-jinping-00018478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already responded to Russia\u2019s request for help<\/a> but the U.S. hasn\u2019t revealed what that response was.<\/p>\n<p>I suppose we can guess:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t think, I KNOW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Xi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Xi<\/a> is lying<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#China<\/a> is helping <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Russia<\/a> in major ways with the criminal invasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Ukraine<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Why is it so hard for the west to understand that these people in Moscow,Tehran &#038; Beijing lie all the time about everything <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ka0owosJAb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ka0owosJAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1504906891117408264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee so he really might know. There wouldn\u2019t have been a call today or a warning from Jake Sullivan to the Chinese in Rome on Monday if the U.S. had reason to believe that China had turned Putin down, right?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe China is calculating that the Russian offensive won\u2019t last much longer even if it receives Chinese help, as it\u2019s too logistically broken to continue. In that case, it might be worth giving Putin some token assistance as a gesture of goodwill and gamble that the U.S. won\u2019t react with harsh sanctions, not wanting to risk even higher inflation at a moment of already sharp economic pain. Essentially it\u2019ll be the same calculation NATO has made with respect to Ukraine, believing that it can provide <i>some<\/i> assistance to Zelensky without drawing retaliation from Russia so long as it doesn\u2019t provide too much, whatever \u201ctoo much\u201d might mean. China may pursue the same course with Russia vis-a-vis the U.S., albeit while maintaining more of a position of overt neutrality about the war than the U.S. and European powers have.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Jen Psaki\u2019s spin on what went down between Biden and Xi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden warned Xi of consequences if China were to provide Russia with &#8220;material support,&#8221; Psaki says about the two leaders&#8217; 2-hour-long call <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Y06jYCHhD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Y06jYCHhD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FOHd61zDwT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/FOHd61zDwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quicktake\/status\/1504907224472342529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese media began posting details of the call hours ago, while it was in progress, a tactic they\u2019ve taken lately in hopes of shaping public perceptions before the White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1389510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1389510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1389510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}