Chinese media adopted an optimistic tone in editorials reacting to Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.
Shanghai:
Chinese state media on Monday adopted an optimistic tone in editorials reacting to Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, saying relations could be restored to a state of greater predictability and could begin with trade.
While acknowledging that the United States was unlikely to ease pressure on China on issues such as Xinjiang and Hong Kong, the state-backed newspaper Global Times said Beijing should work to communicate with the Biden team as thoroughly as possible.
The Trump administration had deliberately created tensions between China and the United States. relations, especially after adopting a pressure-campaign strategy on China, which led to “bubbles” in US-China politics, he said.
“We believe it is possible to burst these bubbles,” he said. “It is in the common interest of the people of both countries and the international community that China-US relations become easier and more manageable.”
The Global Times is a tabloid published by the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the ruling Communist Party in China, but does not speak for the party and the government.
The China Daily newspaper said in a separate editorial that it was “obvious” that improving relations with China could start with trade, and relaunching trade talks was essential to restore some understanding and confidence in China. and the United States. reports.
“This is one of the last threads connecting the two sides. It is worth noting that neither Beijing nor Washington has ventured to abandon the so-called hard-won phase-one deal they negotiated,” he said. reported by China Daily, the country’s official English-language newspaper. .
Tensions between the world‘s two largest economies have intensified over the past year, disrupting technology supply chains and trade relations, and fueling fears that a financial war between the two countries is brewing.
US pressure, as well as the global pandemic, have put China on a mission to reduce its dependence on foreign markets and technology for its economic development, as part of a new “double-handed” growth model. circulation ”to guide its economy.
“China must become a country that the United States cannot suppress or destabilize, and make cooperation with China the best option for the United States to realize its national interests,” the Global Times added. .
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