Joe Biden at a fund-raiser in California compared China’s leader to embarrassed “dictators.” Read more at straitstimes.com.
But China on Wednesday slammed Mr Biden’s remarks equating Chinese leader Xi Jinping with “dictators.”
Beijing called that statement, made by Mr Biden on Tuesday at a fund-raiser in California, “an open political provocation.”“It should come as no surprise that the President speaks candidly about China and the differences that we have - we are certainly not alone in that,” the official said later on Wednesday.
“The President believes that diplomacy, including that undertaken by Secretary Blinken, is the responsible way to manage tensions,” the official added.Tuesday was not the first time Mr Biden has made significant, even provocative, statements at fund-raising receptions - usually small-scale events at which cameras and recordings are forbidden but where journalists may listen to and transcribe the president’s opening remarks.
At one such event last October, Mr Biden spoke of the threat of nuclear “Armageddon” from Russia. AFP
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