AIRLINK 188.75 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.01%)
BOP 12.94 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-2.19%)
CNERGY 7.22 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-0.55%)
FCCL 40.55 Increased By ▲ 1.84 (4.75%)
FFL 15.10 Increased By ▲ 0.26 (1.75%)
FLYNG 25.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.44 (-1.7%)
HUBC 132.50 Decreased By ▼ -1.91 (-1.42%)
HUMNL 13.45 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (0.9%)
KEL 4.88 Increased By ▲ 0.65 (15.37%)
KOSM 6.48 Increased By ▲ 0.63 (10.77%)
MLCF 47.14 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (0.53%)
OGDC 204.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.94 (-0.46%)
PACE 6.27 Increased By ▲ 0.19 (3.13%)
PAEL 38.99 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.23%)
PIAHCLA 16.83 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.12%)
PIBTL 8.11 Increased By ▲ 0.27 (3.44%)
POWER 10.69 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.19%)
PPL 173.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.96 (-0.55%)
PRL 34.10 Increased By ▲ 0.42 (1.25%)
PTC 23.49 Increased By ▲ 0.41 (1.78%)
SEARL 99.00 Increased By ▲ 0.48 (0.49%)
SILK 1.10 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.79%)
SSGC 30.62 Decreased By ▼ -0.86 (-2.73%)
SYM 17.83 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (0.96%)
TELE 8.19 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (1.61%)
TPLP 12.12 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-0.66%)
TRG 61.11 Increased By ▲ 0.81 (1.34%)
WAVESAPP 11.72 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.85%)
WTL 1.48 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.33%)
YOUW 4.21 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (9.07%)
BR100 11,905 Decreased By -12.8 (-0.11%)
BR30 35,359 Increased By 40.9 (0.12%)
KSE100 113,342 Increased By 254 (0.22%)
KSE30 35,292 Decreased By -16.7 (-0.05%)

WASHINGTON: China’s ambassador to Washington has protested remarks President Joe Biden made about Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday, and its embassy said the United States should act immediately to undo the negative impact or bear all the consequences.

China was enraged after Biden referred to Xi Jinping as a “dictator” at a fundraising event on Tuesday, an unexpected flare-up just a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a visit to Beijing aimed at stabilizing relations between the superpowers.

Analysts have said that despite the controversy, both countries have little interest in allowing Biden’s remark to derail efforts to improve ties. There was no coverage of the issue in official Chinese media on Thursday.

China slams Biden for equating Xi to ‘dictators’

A statement from China’s embassy early on Thursday said the Chinese ambassador, Xie Feng, “made serious representations and strong protests” to senior officials at the White House and the U.S. State Department on Wednesday.

“The Chinese government and people do not accept any political provocation against China’s top leader, and will resolutely respond,” the statement said.

“We urge the U.S. side to immediately take earnest actions to undo the negative impact and honor its own commitments. Otherwise, it will have to bear all the consequences.”

Xi tells Blinken: World needs stable China-US relations

On Wednesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning called the remarks “extremely absurd” and “irresponsible.” She said they seriously violated facts, diplomatic protocol and China’s political dignity and were an “open political provocation.”

U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Wednesday that Washington continued to expect diplomatic engagements with China “in due course, when the time is appropriate” and that Biden believed diplomacy was the way forward, but added: “That does not mean, of course, we will not be blunt and forthright about our differences.”

The Chinese embassy statement said Biden’s remarks ran “counter to the commitments made by the U.S. side, and undermines mutual trust.”

US, China express desire to stabilize relationship: State Dept officials

“President Biden said explicitly before that the United States respects China’s system, does not seek to change it and has no intention for a new Cold War. But with the latest irresponsible remarks about China’s political system and top leader, people cannot help but question the sincerity of the U.S. side,” it said.

Comments

Comments are closed.

Az_Iz Jun 23, 2023 03:03am
Xi Jinping will not disappear if Biden calls him a dictator. KSA will not become a pariah state, because Biden says so. The guy has some grand delusions.
thumb_up Recommended (0)