{"id":1977775,"date":"2023-07-19T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-tensions-with-us-and-taiwan-chinas-new-ambassador-ducks-questions-about-missing-foreign-minister\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T18:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:29:17","slug":"amid-tensions-with-us-and-taiwan-chinas-new-ambassador-ducks-questions-about-missing-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-tensions-with-us-and-taiwan-chinas-new-ambassador-ducks-questions-about-missing-foreign-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s new ambassador avoids queries on foreign minister&#8217;s disappearance amidst US and Taiwan tensions."},"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\">28<\/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%2Famid-tensions-with-us-and-taiwan-chinas-new-ambassador-ducks-questions-about-missing-foreign-minister%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=1977775&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>Chinese President\u2062 Xi Jinping\u200d Aims \u200cto \u2063Prevent Taiwanese \u2063Vice President&#8217;s\u2063 US Visit<\/h2>\n<p>According to\u200c a\u2062 top \u2062Chinese ambassador, \u200bChinese\u2062 President Xi\u2063 Jinping is determined\u2062 to stop Taiwanese Vice President\u2063 Lai Ching-te from visiting the\u2063 United\u2064 States. The\u200c ambassador \u2062characterizes \u200dthis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-sending-jill-biden-to-waukesha-wisconsin-three-weeks-after-christmas-parade-massacre\/\" title=\"White House Sending Jill Biden to Waukesha, Wisconsin \u2014 Three Weeks After Christmas Parade Massacre\">potential trip<\/a> as \u2062a \u200cbrewing\u2062 crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe provocative, adventurist moves by Taiwan\u2019s \u2064separatists should\u200d be \u2064contained,\u201d Ambassador \u2063Xie \u200bFeng said\u2063 Wednesday. \u201cAnd now the\u200c priority for us\u200c is \u2064to stop [Lai Ching-te] \u200cfrom \u2062visiting\u2062 the United States,\u2064 which is like\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-calls-for-peace-and-stability-with-taiwan-in-meeting-with-ccp-counterpart-2\/\" title=\"Blinken Calls for \"Peace and Stability\" with Taiwan in Meeting with CCP Counterpart\">gray rhino charging<\/a> at \u200dus.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Impending Visit \u2062and US Response<\/h3>\n<p>Lai reportedly plans to travel to Paraguay via\u2063 the \u200dUnited States\u200d next\u2064 month, following\u2064 Taiwanese President Tsai \u2063Ing-wen&#8217;s\u2062 transit \u2064through\u200c New York and California earlier \u200dthis \u200dyear.\u200d President Joe\u2064 Biden&#8217;s \u200cteam \u2062has indicated that the passage \u200bshould\u2062 occur\u2064 &#8220;without incident.&#8221; However, \u200bthe new Chinese envoy\u200b to the \u2062United States\u200b attempted \u200dto\u2063 undermine\u2063 this confidence \u200dwhile also\u200d projecting a cooperative\u2062 stance during\u2062 his\u2062 debut at \u200cthe\u200d Aspen Security Forum.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe want to \u2063grow together with\u2064 the United States&#8230; we \u200cshould\u200b say goodbye to the Cold\u2064 War\u2062 mentality,\u201d he\u200c said. \u201cWe should say goodbye to \u2064the zero-sum game, and\u200d we\u200d should avoid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-tensions-with-us-and-taiwan-chinas-new-ambassador-ducks-questions-about-missing-foreign-minister\/\" title=\"China's new ambassador avoids queries on foreign minister's disappearance amidst US and Taiwan tensions.\">major\u200b country conflict<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Concerns over\u2063 Chinese Foreign\u2063 Minister&#8217;s Absence<\/h3>\n<p>During \u200bthe conversation, the Chinese ambassador maintained a friendly \u200ctone.\u200b However, \u200bwhen asked\u2064 about the \u200cabsence of Chinese \u2062Foreign\u2064 Minister Qin\u200b Gang, Xie became \u200bevasive.\u2062 Qin\u2063 has not\u200c been seen in public for 23 days, \u200draising\u2064 questions about \u2064his\u200c status. \u200dChinese \u2063officials claimed\u200b he\u200b missed\u2064 a meeting \u2064with\u200b Secretary of State \u200bAntony Blinken\u200d due to health\u2062 reasons and was replaced by Wang\u200d Yi, the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-expels-u-s-s-second-highest-ranking-diplomat-from-moscow\/\" title=\"Russia Expels U.S.\u2019s Second Highest-Ranking Diplomat From Moscow\">highest-ranking diplomat<\/a>\u200d of\u200b the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200c Beijing has \u2064kept \u2062information about Qin&#8217;s \u2062status under wraps, even the Chinese \u2062state\u2063 media ecosystem\u2063 has \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-gender-identity-more-valuable-to-pandemic-response-than-economic-anxiety\/\" title=\"Biden Admin: Gender Identity More Valuable to Pandemic Response Than Economic Anxiety\">expressed discomfort<\/a> with \u200dthe \u200dsilence.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Perspective\u200b and US-China Relations<\/h3>\n<p>Chinese officials have praised Henry Kissinger&#8217;s recent visit to Beijing as \u200da \u200dmodel for improving \u200dUS-China relations. They \u200bbelieve that\u2062 Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom and \u2063Nixon-style \u200cpolitical \u2063courage \u2062are\u2063 necessary\u200d to bring the\u2062 relationship back \u200bon track after years\u200c of tensions.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200dthe \u2062Chinese ambassador expressed concerns\u2064 about \u2063Taiwan,\u2062 which\u200c Beijing claims\u200b as its sovereign\u200d territory. He\u200b sees\u2064 Taiwan&#8217;s\u2062 separatist agenda and its\u2062 pursuit \u200bof US support as\u200c a \u200cthreat to \u200cthe optimistic\u2064 outlook for US-China \u2064relations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow the \u200ctwo \u200bimposing \u200dthreats&#8230; is \u200bthe \u2064Taiwan separatist advancing their separatist agenda, seeking U.S. support,\u201d he said. \u2064\u201cThey \u200deven do not admit they \u2063are Chinese. So this is \u2063a \u200dvery \u2062dangerous \u200bpath they are \u2064taking. \u2062Second, is \u2062the United States playing\u200c the Taiwan\u200d card\u200c to contain China.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>prevent Lai Ching-te, the Taiwanese Vice President, from visiting the US. Ambassador Xie Feng labeled the trip as a potential crisis, emphasizing the need to curb the separatist actions of Taiwan. 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