Commentary: What to make of Biden’s bewildering remark equating Xi to “dictators”?

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Commentary: What to make of Biden’s bewildering remark equating Xi to “dictators”?
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China has slammed US President Joe Biden for equating Xi Jinping to “dictators” when discussing the alleged Chinese spy balloon incident. The coming weeks will show if diplomatic efforts have been thrown off course, says Yale-NUS College senior lecturer Trisha Craig.

The meeting between the US’s top diplomat and the Chinese leader on Monday had been seen as progress or at least a reset to pre-balloon relations, even if it ended without any concrete agreements.

is a primary global struggle that will define the future, and that both America and the world are better off and more secure with a strong US capable of rallying democratic allies to meet contemporary challenges.

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