Xi Jinping's new charm offensive could help stabilize China's faltering economy.
China's propagandists defended the counterargument, however distasteful, as a justified response to the Wuhan lab leak theory popularized by former Presidentand fellow members of the Republican Party. The trend held in both Beijing and Washington, and Sino-American ties took a nosedive.
Now China is headed toward a post-pandemic reopening, Zhao and his like are no longer the right tools for the diplomatic job. It was perhaps fitting that he was shuffled into relative obscurity in the same month Beijing dismantled the last remnants of its yearslong COVID policy. As Russia's war in Ukraine enters its 12th month and China's posture continues to occupy the thoughts of many in the U.S. and Europe, there is also some continuity to Qin's presence—he was the Chinese foreign ministry's spokesperson in spring 2014, when PresidentForeign Minister Qin Gang of China gestures during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart on January 15, 2023, in Cairo. Qin was promoted to the Chinese foreign ministry’s top job on December 30, 2022.
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and President Xi Jinping of China shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit on November 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.The more congenial tone being struck by Chinese diplomats conceivably aims to make calls against further decoupling politically possible in Western capitals. Similarly, Xi's apparent willingness to walk back statist economic policies is meant to inspire investor confidence.
A Russian Navy rocket boat takes part in the Vostok-2022 military exercises in the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan on September 5, 2022, off Russia’s eastern port city of Vladivostok. China’s military forces also took part in the war games in Russia’s far east from September 1 to 7.America's transatlantic allies may be more receptive to Xi's overtures despite being wary of what the U.S. calls a"say-do gap" in China.
"The U.S. always talks about needing to establish guardrails in the relationship. It's because they don't exist right now. That's why it's so scary," said Gering."There are no conditions whatsoever for China to change the tone strategically because of this lack of trust—it just doesn't exist."
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