but base hollow for next crisis

the bilateral relationship There is no certainty they will achieve that goal ” she said Can gap be narrowed?

that the United States did not achieve one of its wishes most crucial to avoiding miscalculations a resumption of dialogue between the two militaries And the two powers remained far apart on the self-ruling democracy that Beijing has not ruled out seizing by force Blinken insisted the United States wanted to preserve the status quo and “responsible management of the Taiwan question” as he raised concerns about provocative moves by Beijing China s top diplomat Wang Yi, told Blinken that on Taiwan there was no room to compromise or concede by Beijing, which has carried out military drills twice since August including after a defiant visit to Taipei by Nancy Pelosi then speaker of the House of Representatives Bonnie Glaser a China expert at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, said Beijing was increasingly on guard as Taiwan approaches elections next year and that Blinken’s remarks sounded like “boilerplate placeholders The two sides have basically agreed to explore the possibility of stabilising

Glaser noted that while the United States speaks of managing the growing rivalry, Xi again spoke of avoiding competition between major powers “I think accepting competition is necessary in order to stabilise the relationship So I see this gap between the two sides that has yet to be narrowed, and I don t know if it will be, she said Yun Sun, director of the China programme at the Stimson Center said the United States shared blame for the failure to restart dialogue in the military realm, an area where a crisis is most likely to erupt

The Biden administration which the rival Republican Party is eager to portray as weak on Beijing has refused Chinese requests to lift sanctions on its new defence minister General Li Shangfu, which were imposed under a US law that targets arms purchases from Russia