2023-08-11 01:47:54
Updated on 08/11/23 at 03:47
It is a judgment that will not please Beijing. US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Chinegreat rival of UNITED STATESwas “a ticking time bomb in many ways”, citing its economic problems and aging workforce.
During a trip to Utah, in the west of the country, the Democratic president pointed out that China was experiencing high unemployment and that its workforce was aging. Because of this, this country “is in trouble”, he said. For Joe Biden, this gives reason to worry because, “when bad people have problems, they do bad things”.
Biden means ‘no harm to China’
At the end of June, the tenant of the White House had offended Beijing by considering that his counterpart Xi Jinping belonged to the category of “dictators”, a comment seen as a “provocation” by Chinese diplomacy. Thursday, however, Joe Biden assured that he was seeking to maintain “a rational relationship with China”. “I mean no harm to China, but I’m watching. »
The United States recently relaunched its dialogue with China, with a succession of visits by senior American officials to Beijing, including the head of diplomacy Antony Blinken. The purpose of this trip was to turn the page on a recent episode of tension, around a Chinese balloon described as a “spy” shot down by the United States in February.
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