The US Secretary of State’s visit to China amid deep differences

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in China today while the relations between the two countries have slightly improved, but there are still unresolved issues between them, stability in the relations between these two powers threatens the world.

According to this report, the Minister of Foreign Affairs On his trip to China, America first arrived in Shanghai to meet with the country’s officials and business officials, and then he will go to Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday and a possible meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is the latest high-level contact between the two countries on topics including global trade and military communications. But Washington and Beijing have made little progress in limiting China’s chemical sources in the production of fentanyl, the issue of Taiwan’s independence, and tensions between the two countries over China’s support for Russia in the war against Ukraine remain strong. /p>

According to this report, while significant progress is unlikely during this visit, both The country wants open lines of communication to avoid unpleasant scenarios.

This report states that during this trip, Blinken will put pressure on China to stop supplying Russia with weapons in the war with Ukraine.

Meanwhile, a few days ago, a senior official of the US State Without mentioning more details, he stated that Washington is ready to take steps against Chinese companies that they believe threaten the security of America and Europe.

There have also been preliminary discussions in the US government about sanctioning Chinese banks because of the country’s support for Russia in the war against Ukraine, but officials told Reuters that The government still has no plans to do this.

Washington has so far stopped some of the sanctions on China’s main banks due to the effects they may have on the global economy and relations between the two countries.

Also, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said in a conversation with Xinhua news agency that since Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping last November in San Francisco, communications Between the two countries, it shows the process of stopping the reduction of communication and stabilizing it.

According to this report, Blinken’s trip to Beijing takes place while The US Congress and Senate approved the $8 billion aid bill to Taiwan this week. Joe Biden has also announced that he will sign this bill today and the process of its implementation will begin. The purpose of allocating this budget to Taiwan is to help this country deal with China’s actions in the region.

On the other hand, this trip is done while the bill to ban or hand over the Tik Tok social network was also approved by American legislators and senators. Based on this, The US Senate unanimously voted with 79 votes in favor against 18 votes against, to ban the activities of the Tik Tok social network in the country. America voted if its Chinese owner refuses to hand over this network in the next 9 months to a year.

The use of the Tik Tok social network has caused great concern among American lawmakers and it is feared that the Chinese company Byte Dance, which owns Tik Tok , have access to the information of millions of American users.

The conflict between the TikTok company and the US government has become a broad international context. This conflict has arisen due to various issues including privacy, national security and economic competition.

Furthermore, doing this trip while Less than a month ago, the new and legitimate president of Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, began his work. Like the previous president, he is against the alliance with China and the country’s claim to sovereignty over Taiwan. This issue is also one of the controversial and challenging issues in the relations between Beijing and Washington. While Washington emphasizes the principle of one China, it remains a key supporter of Taipei and always supports this country against China.

Blinken is also expected During this trip, he will discuss human rights issues, including the behavior of the Beijing government with the Muslims of this country in the Xinjiang region.

Meanwhile, a few days ago, just hours after From the conversation between the defense ministries of the United States and China, an American maritime patrol plane flew over the Taiwan Strait.

The Chinese government, in response to the flight of this plane over the Taiwan Strait, immediately sent several fighter jets to chase and intercept and issue a warning against this plane. , flew over the gorge.

Taiwan has been governed by the local government since 1949, since then Taiwan has retained the flag and some other symbols of the People’s Republic of China that existed in mainland China before the Communist Party came to power in China. . Beijing always considers this island as an integral part of the motherland of China, and this position is supported by many countries, including Russia.

China always claims that Taiwan should under the rule of this country, and since the last three years, it has tried to subjugate Taiwan by carrying out military operations near this island, but the government of Taiwan has always declared that it has independent sovereignty and the people of this country should decide their own fate.

Meanwhile, Beijing has repeatedly asked Washington, as Taiwan’s largest arms supplier, to stop selling and sending weapons to the island in order to reduce tensions between the two countries. Refrain.

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