When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets his Chinese counterpart next week there will be plenty to disagree about, from Taiwan to chips and trade. But they will both be trying to answer the same question: How can the world's two biggest economies avoid a new Cold War?
It was not immediately clear how the incident would impact Blinken's trip, during which he has been expected to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and possibly Xi.
"I think the goal is to basically fast-forward this Cold War to its detente phase, thereby skipping a Cuban Missile Crisis," said Jude Blanchette, a China expert at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies . Chinese state media struck a conciliatory tone ahead of Blinken's visit, with a commentary in The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, arguing it is impossible for the two economies to decouple and the countries "should deepen cooperation to promote the development of bilateral relations."
"Xi understands he can parlay professed peace offerings to chart a much smoother course out of China's current COVID crisis, which remains his overwhelming priority." Washington hopes for incremental progress on more specific but vital matters such as securing China's cooperation on fentanyl, global health, climate change and the cases of U.S. citizens detained there.
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