By: elia lopez Posted Jun 21, 2023, 9:36 am EDT
After the President of the United States Joe Biden called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “dictator” The reaction of the Asian country did not wait and described the comments of the US president as “absurd” and “irresponsible”, in addition to ensuring that: “It is a flagrant political provocation”.
This new tension between China and the United Statess is logged after Antony Blinken, the Secretary of State of the United States, will conclude an official visit to Beijing with the purpose of ironing out differences after the demolition of a Chinese balloon in US territory, which was described at the time as espionage by the Asian country.
Biden compared Xi Jinping to “dictators”
But those intentions were short-lived, as President Joe Biden compared the Chinese leader Xi Jinping with “dictators”during a Democratic Party fundraiser in California.
During the event held on Tuesday, President Biden spoke of the demolition of the Chinese balloon, recorded last February.
“The reason why Xi Jinping was so upset when I shot down that balloon with two truckloads of spy equipment was because he didn’t know it was there.Yes,” Biden said.
“It is very embarrassing for dictators when they don’t know what happened…When (the balloon) was shot down, he (Xi Jinping) was very ashamed and denied that he was even there.“Biden specified.
China called comments “absurd” and “irresponsible”
These statements provoked a quick reaction from the Chinese government, which described Biden’s comments as “absurd” and “irresponsible”.
“American comments are extremely absurd and irresponsible, do not reflect reality“said Mao Ning, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“They go completely against the facts and seriously violate diplomatic protocol and seriously infringe on China’s political dignity. It is a flagrant political provocation. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition,” Mao said during a press conference.
This is how the tension arises again between the United States and China, one day after Blinken concluded his visit to the Asian country, where he met with Xi Jinping with the purpose of easing tensions between the two nations, but which lasted for a short time. after Joe Biden’s statements.
Prior to Biden’s controversial statements, Beijing and Washington described Blinken’s visit as satisfactory, but did not provide details.
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