Mr Xi is determined to shore up China’s relations with key partners at the Apec and G-20 meetings in Brazil and Peru .
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Apec Summit in Lima, Peru.
“China might actually put more substance behind this outreach, in terms of market access, industrial policy, its position on various security and diplomatic issues, and see if they can peel away countries from a tighter relationship with the US,” he said in Beijing recently. “The ‘Thucydides Trap’ is not a historical destiny, the ‘New Cold War’ cannot be fought or won, and containment of China is unwise, undesirable and will not succeed,” Mr Xi warned Mr Biden on Nov 16.While signalling that China is prepared for a potentially worsening confrontation with Washington, Beijing has also in recent months tried to make headway on removing impediments to better ties with major countries.
Even Australia, whose ties with China have been on the mend in the past two years after former prime minister Scott Morrison stepped down in 2022, is unlikely to give way on core Chinese demands. Said Mr Magee: “Xi probably hopes that US allies such as Australia could influence the Trump administration to hold back on tariffs including on China, given the tariffs would have a potential flow on effect to Australia and other US allies.
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