{"id":1950979,"date":"2023-06-19T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-president-rejects-biden-admins-high-priority-request-at-face-to-face-meeting\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T17:27:35","slug":"chinese-president-rejects-biden-admins-high-priority-request-at-face-to-face-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-president-rejects-biden-admins-high-priority-request-at-face-to-face-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese President denies Biden administration&#8217;s urgent request during in-person meeting."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fchinese-president-rejects-biden-admins-high-priority-request-at-face-to-face-meeting%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=1950979&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--><h2>China Rejects Restoring Direct Communications with US Military<\/h2>\n<p>China has slammed the door on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-president-rejects-biden-admins-high-priority-request-at-face-to-face-meeting\/\" title=\"Chinese President denies Biden administration's urgent request during in-person meeting.\">restoring direct communications<\/a> between the Chinese and U.S. militaries, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters Monday.<\/p>\n<p>China severed the communications connection between its military and America\u2019s defense forces in August after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Blinken said during meetings with President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials he asked them to restore that connection but was rebuffed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith regard to crisis communications and military-to-military channels, this is also something that I raised repeatedly during this trip,\u201d President Joe Biden\u2019s secretary of state said during a news conference at the end of his trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s absolutely vital that we have these kinds of communications, military to military. That imperative, I think, was only underscored by recent incidents that we saw in the air and on the seas,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this moment, China has not agreed to move forward with that,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s an issue that we have to keep working on. It is very important that we restore those channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is something that we\u2019re going to keep working on,\u201d the secretary of state said. \u201cAnd, as I said, there\u2019s no immediate progress, but it is a continuing priority for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<h3>Constructive Discussions on Key Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>A State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-blinkens-visit-to-the-peoples-republic-of-china-prc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> on Blinken\u2019s meetings with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-setting-secret-spy-base-100-miles-us-mainland-biden-admin-alarmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese leaders<\/a> said he had \u201ccandid, substantive, and constructive discussions on key priorities in the bilateral relationship and on a range of global and regional issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of miscalculation,\u201d the release said. \u201cHe made clear that while we will compete vigorously, the United States will responsibly manage that competition so that the relationship does not veer into conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news release said Blinken\u00a0\u201creiterated there has been no change to the U.S. one-China policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The one-China policy is the official diplomatic position that the United States officially recognizes China but not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/china-sponsored-actor-targeting-key-us-infrastructure-living-off-land-evade-detection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan<\/a>, despite its unofficial support for the self-governing island China believes should be part of China.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he raised concerns about China\u2019s \u201cprovocative actions\u201d in the Taiwan Strait during talks in Beijing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not support Taiwan independence,\u201d he adds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5LVRjYhbL\">https:\/\/t.co\/q5LVRjYhbL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioj8JnH3th\">pic.twitter.com\/ioj8JnH3th<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1670752055680700417?\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wang Yi, China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-outlines-bidens-foreign-strategies-says-us-will-lead-with-diplomacy\/\" title=\"Secretary of State Outlines Biden\u2019s Foreign Strategies, Says US Will \u2018Lead With Diplomacy\u2019\">top foreign policy official<\/a>, upbraided Blinken over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taiwan-ready-direct-combat-china-things-havent-since-pelosi-stepped-foot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American policy<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/18\/world\/asia\/blinken-china-xi-diplomacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wang accused the United States of \u201chyping\u201d the \u201cChina threat theory,\u201d according to a Chinese government readout of his meeting with Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>He said the U.S. was \u201crecklessly interfering in China\u2019s internal affairs\u201d on issues such as Taiwan, which is supplied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-drawing-new-battle-lines-in-heated-defense-budget-fight\/\" title=\"Republicans Drawing New Battle Lines in Heated Defense Budget Fight\">high-tech weapons<\/a> by the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/blinken-xi-china-talks-taiwan-wang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported that Wang told Blinken \u201cChina has no room to compromise or concede\u201d on Taiwan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Continuing important face to face diplomacy in Beijing, I met today with Central Foreign Affairs Office Director Wang Yi for discussions on a range of bilateral and global issues that affect people at home and around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXYcfU0Go1\">pic.twitter.com\/yXYcfU0Go1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1670687865330708482?\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Blinken\u2019s trip there \u201ccoincides with a critical juncture in China-U.S. relations, and it is necessary to make a choice between dialogue or confrontation, cooperation or conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States must \u2026 respect China\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity and clearly oppose \u2018Taiwan independence,&#8217;\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chinese-president-rejects-biden-admins-high-priority-request-face-face-meeting\/\">Chinese President Rejects Biden Admin&#8217;s High-Priority Request at Face-to-Face Meeting<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has firmly rejected the idea of reestablishing direct military communications with the United States, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The communication link between the Chinese and American defense forces was cut off by China in August, following Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s visit to Taiwan. Blinken conveyed this message during his discussions with President Xi Jinping on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1950980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[17201,7337,3620,4117,4775,6381,4470,3669,4451],"class_list":["post-1950979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-urgent","tag-administrations","tag-biden","tag-chinese","tag-denies","tag-in-person","tag-meeting","tag-president","tag-request"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950979","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}