U.S. Jake Sullivan, national security advisor for the United States, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to have in-depth conversations with Chinese diplomats. The communist state press reported that the discussions would aim to force Sullivan to accept a ‘correct’ understanding of his host country’s interests – and to help advance.
China’s Xinhua News Agency confirmed to the press Tuesday afternoon that Sullivan landed in Beijing and immediately began speaking with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Reports state that the two met on Tuesday morning Eastern Time. This was the first of a series of meetings expected during this trip. The press release did not give any information about the topics of the conversations.
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Sullivan is making his first trip to China as a member of the State Department. He has acted in a supporting role for Secretary Blinken in numerous high-level China talks. Sullivan also attended the disastrous 2021 summit in Anchorage, Alaska. Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi, a top Politburo official, lectured American officials on “Black Lives Matter”, racist attitudes, and the importance of “Black Lives Matter”. The American officials did not condemn the ongoing genocide against the majority-Muslim Uyghurs in East Turkistan.
Sullivan has met Wang privately at least five other times. The four meetings that took place within the last year and a half did not lead to any significant changes in American-Chinese relations or China’s destructive behavior.
Sullivan will be in China from Tuesday through Thursday to talk with Wang. Wang became the Foreign Minister in 2023 after Qin Gang disappeared.
Unnamed Biden (a “senior” official of the administration) told journalists that Wang and Sullivan could have a conversation lasting up to twelve hours on August 23.
An anonymous official said that “each meeting, they usually spend between 10 and 12 hours over two days discussing bilateral topics, global issues, and cross-Strait Issues.” “We will follow the same format in Beijing next week. ”
According to the official agenda, “China’s support for Russia’s defense industry base [and] the South China Sea”, as well as China’s relationship and influence with North Korea and its role in the genocidal war between Israel and Hamas were on the agenda. However, the official didn’t mention China’s horrendous human rights record and genocide against the Uyghurs. He said the visit was meant to “clear up misperceptions” to avoid conflict.
Officials stressed that “our China policies do not aim at changing China’s core.”
In a briefing on Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hinted at Sullivan’s confrontation with Wang being much more aggressive.
According to a senior North American official from the Foreign Ministry, “the Chinese side is focusing its efforts to express serious concerns, articulate their position and lay down serious demands on issues such as Taiwan, the right to development, and China’s strategic security.” “The United States has continued to contain and oppress China. China responded resolutely. The relationship is still at a critical stabilization stage. ”
Beijing is angry at any contact between Washington’s democratic government and Taiwan.
An official from the Foreign Ministry was furious that “the U.S. continues to take arbitrary actions against China in areas like tariffs, export control, investment reviews and unilateral sanctions which seriously undermine China’s legitimized interests and rights.” “China demands that the U.S. cease turning economic and trade issues into political and security issues. ”
Global Times, China’s official state media outlet that is more often a diplomatic mouthpiece of the regime than its Foreign Ministry, reported on Sullivan’s visit and claimed the Communist Party welcomed him to “clear up confusion and disruption caused by incorrect positioning and understanding of China.”
The outlet said that “the US needs to fundamentally change its perception of China and its strategic position towards China.” The outlet added that “Sullivan must first ‘know what he should listen to’ if he wants to achieve positive outcomes in his strategic communication with China. ”
The newspaper concluded, “Sullivan’s first visit to China, his ability to understand and listen to Beijing’s words, and to contribute to establishing a proper understanding between China and the US, should be a measure of success for Sullivan’s trip to China.”
