China’s domestic woes and the fear of being embarrassed by Washington could keep President Xi Jinping from meeting his American counterpart Joe Biden later this year, analysts said, as Beijing consider a summit between the two leaders. But they suggested recent interactions between key Chinese and US off
Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with then-Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok, Thailand Nov 19, 2022.
Sources earlier told the South China Morning Post that the two rival countries were working on a diplomatic compromise that could pave the way for a meeting between the two leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco later this year. Daniel Russel, a former US diplomat who advised Biden on previous meetings with Xi, said China often remained vague about its leader’s participation in an event as a way to “retain leverage”.
“Every time the US issues export controls, criticises China’s human rights record and calls Xi a dictator, the odds of his attendance fall,” Daly said.Commentary: What to make of Biden’s bewildering remark equating Xi to 'dictators'? Shi also suggested there was little to be gained from a Xi-Biden meeting. He noted that US-China relations had worsened and become “very intense” since Xi last met Biden on the G20 sidelines in Indonesia in November.
Apart from that, Russel suggested that the Chinese government also had a “morbid fear” of Xi suffering embarrassment abroad and the prospect of protests in San Francisco would be a “spectre that haunts the dreams of the officials responsible for the arrangements”. The two rival superpowers have ramped up efforts to resume engagement in recent months, with visits to China by top US officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
The wave of recent interactions, he said, indicated that the two countries hoped to repair ties, and there was an increased expectation for the two leaders to meet following the high-level visits.
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