Of course, it is not only that China is not going to get what it wants at the Xi-Obama summit but also that the United States will not get what it wants either, such as a halt to cyberattacks on US businesses and other targets, agreement by China to stop pushing forward on claims in the South China Sea, and a revocation of the NGO law.
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, and China and the USA were allies during the war againstJapanese aggression.
“Meng’s visit shows the Chinese are desperate to avoid cyber sanctions”, Scott Kennedy, the deputy director of the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and worldwide Studies in Washington, told The Daily Beast. American leaders have railed against a series of hackings that they have said emanated from China and they have called for Beijing to relax the regulations that limit the sale of American hardware and block Internet companies.
President Xi will also be visiting and meeting with Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, even before he visits Obama in Washington. US law enforcement officials have complained that Chinese state security operatives are working in this country illegally and trying to intimidate Chinese people living here legally. President Barack Obama said in August that he would relay the U.S.’ concerns over the issue during Xi’s visit to Washington.
Shi Yinhong, a professor of global relations at Renmin University, said that had it not been for Xi’s visit, “Obama might have ordered sanctions against China”.
The threat of sanctions hasn’t been removed.
HEY, GUESS WHAT? The Chinese and U.S. governments are still fighting like cat and dog over security attacks and who does them, and each is pointing a long accusatory finger at the other. He added that the administration was in the process of developing a comprehensive strategy to fight against those involved in cyber-espionage.
Some see in the plans for Xi’s trip a desire by the White House to downplay his meeting with Obama.
The meetings between USA and Chinese officials concluded on Saturday, following an all-night session on Friday. No. He is preparing by telling anyone who will listen that state-sponsored assaults on USA properties by China are really getting his goat.
“He suggested the two sides would have to agree on common rules in cyberspace, arguing “there comes a point at which we consider this a core national security threat and we will treat it as such”.
In the last few years that effort has sped up further, with Beijing building on disputed atolls and deploying fishing vessels and military equipment into disputed zones.
If the Obama administration practices some smart diplomacy – and ignores United States hardliners calling for blood – it’s possible to reach a concord to reduce tensions and dramatically increase stability between the two nations.
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The Pentagon revealed last week that five Chinese warships already reported to have approached the American coastline as they transited the Aleutian Islands actually crossed into USA territorial waters.
