{"id":430796,"date":"2021-04-16T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=430796"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T19:50:19","slug":"top-chinese-diplomat-says-us-too-negative-toward-china-amid-rising-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-chinese-diplomat-says-us-too-negative-toward-china-amid-rising-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Chinese Diplomat Says US \u2018Too Negative\u2019 Toward China Amid Rising 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\">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%2Ftop-chinese-diplomat-says-us-too-negative-toward-china-amid-rising-tensions%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=430796&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>A top Chinese diplomat said Friday that the U.S. approach to China, including under the Biden administration, has been \u201ctoo negative\u201d and urged cooperation despite rising tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch an approach, I must say, is too negative,\u201d said Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng in an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-asia-pacific-china-350e5f67366c2cd60ef9e84898b07b8d\">interview with the Associated Press<\/a> (AP), adding that a confrontational attitude toward China lacks \u201ca forward-looking spirit.\u201d He also said China could partner with the U.S. to address COVID-19 and economic issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me it is hard to imagine the two priorities can be resolved without a cooperative and healthy China-U.S. relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/03\/26\/president-biden-invites-40-world-leaders-to-leaders-summit-on-climate\/\">invitation<\/a> to Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders for a virtual climate summit on April 22, Le <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-asia-pacific-china-350e5f67366c2cd60ef9e84898b07b8d\">told the AP<\/a> that China is interested in global cooperation on climate change but will respond to the issue on its own terms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.625386996904\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Chinese diplomat said that his country, the world\u2019s largest carbon emitter, plans to send a \u201cpositive message\u201d at a climate change meeting called by President Biden for next week. But he also signaled China is unlikely to make any new proposals. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7KiDdELQ6f\">https:\/\/t.co\/7KiDdELQ6f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Associated Press (@AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP\/status\/1383020111880146945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFor a big country with 1.4 billion people, these goals are not easily delivered,\u201d Le said of the Biden administration\u2019s global climate goals. \u201cSome countries are asking China to do more on climate change. I am afraid this is not very realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments come as tensions between U.S. and China continue to rise over a range of issues, including human rights violations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, territorial expansion in the South China Sea and allegations that China <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/avril-haines-china-world-health-organization\/\">influenced<\/a> the World Health Organization in its assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/spy-chiefs-coronavirus-china\/\">(RELATED: Spy Chiefs Say They Don\u2019t Know How Virus Started, But That China Has Not Been \u2018Fully Transparent\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beijing likely expected an improvement in relations once Biden assumed office, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-asia-pacific-china-350e5f67366c2cd60ef9e84898b07b8d\">according<\/a> to the AP. But the administration <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/01\/biden-rebukes-china-us-trade-representative-katherine-tai-tariffs\/\">has continued<\/a> many of the hardline policies that were pursued under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/19\/alaska-china-xi-jingping-biden-coronavirus\/\">summit last month<\/a> between American and Chinese officials in Alaska \u2014 the first such meeting under Biden \u2014 the U.S. side expressed \u201cdeep concerns\u201d about China\u2019s human rights violations, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/jimmy-lai-hong-kong-activists-convicted-for-pro-democracy-protests\/\">erosion<\/a> of Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy and its <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/report-newlines-institute-beijing-intent-to-destroy-uighurs-xinjiang-genocide\/\">alleged genocide<\/a> against Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>Le dismissed U.S. criticism of its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. He <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-asia-pacific-china-350e5f67366c2cd60ef9e84898b07b8d\">told the AP<\/a> that \u201cHong Kong belongs to China\u201d and claimed U.S. sanctions over Xinjiang \u201chave damaged human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though he expressed optimism on particular issues like the global COVID-19 response and climate change, Le said cooperation must be on an equal basis and criticized the U.S. for putting pressure on China along multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not one side drawing up a laundry list of demands to the other side,\u201d he said. \u201cIn cooperation, one should not be selfish and care only about one\u2019s own interests with no regard for the well-being of the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Chinese diplomat said Friday that the U.S. approach to China, including under the Biden administration, has been \u201ctoo negative\u201d and urged cooperation despite rising tensions between the two &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276119,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430796","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\/430796","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=430796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}