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Narrowing margin of errors in contemporary Sino-US ties
With the sudden tripartite formation of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States' nuclear powered submarines pact, known as AUKUS, the mistrust has deepened.
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Then United States vice president Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping toast during a state luncheon for China hosted by US secretary of state John Kerry on Sept. 25, 2015 at the Department of State in Washington, DC. (Agence France Presse/Paul J. Richards)
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hile the United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s summit is one of the most anticipated events of all time since the end of Cold War in 1989, the date has not yet been set.
That said, signs are showing it will be held before the end of this year in a virtual setting, barring any changes that could lead to a physical one. Come what may, both must repair their countries' bilateral ties.
Yet they seem to lack all tools except the chemistry built during their prior tenure as vice presidents.
In his 2020 presidential campaign against Trump, Biden referred to President Xi as a "thug" twice, while also using the term “killer” when referring to President Vladimir Putin of Russia once.
Whether this was out of sheer conviction, no one will ever know.
President Biden, after all, loves fiendish rhetoric, even plagiarizing former United Kingdom opposition leader Neil Kinnock of the Labour Party.
Indeed, President Biden has seemed to often get things wrong in foreign policy since 1970, when he became the youngest senator ever at the age of 28.
