“If China mirrors to Russia the assistance the West is providing Ukraine, it will cement the Russo-Chinese alliance and also Western perceptions of China as a malevolent international force.” “The relationship is becoming more brittle,” said Kori Schake, director of foreign and defence policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute who has previously worked in the US State Department and Pentagon. And while Biden said last week he would speak with Xi to defuse tensions, there was no indication of when that might happen. What was meant to pave the way for a Blinken trip to Beijing - he cancelled a visit once the balloon was spotted - only seemed to make prospects more remote.
It all underscored how, for all the claims from President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping about their desire to steady ties, neither side seems capable of doing so. The top US diplomat also said China was weighing whether to give Russia weapons for its war in Ukraine, a move that would ratchet up tension even further.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s State Councilor Wang Yi traded barbs on everything from the balloon and Taiwan to North Korea and Russia in their first meeting since the high-altitude craft traversed the US and provoked an acrimonious round of finger pointing. But a meeting between their top diplomats showed how difficult it will be to compromise.
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(Feb 20): The US and China came to Germany last weekend looking to patch up a new rift opened by the uproar over a Chinese balloon.
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