On March 18, the United States and Chinese officials had the very first meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, during the Biden administration. The relationship between these two biggest economic countries seems very intense during the meeting. Secretary of State Antony Blinken started the meeting by questioning the China inhumane actions in the following cities, Taiwan, Hongkong and Xinjiang. China top diplomat Yang Jiechi, seems to present the Chinese standpoint to the International and national audiences by arguing that “Many people with the United States actually have little confidence and democracy of the United States” and he said that the U.S. government was not in the position to lecture other countries on human right abuses, alluding to the racism in the US as he referenced the Black Lives Matter movement.
Later, the following Monday, the US and European union announced travel and economic sanction against two Chinese officials for “serious human right abuses of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.” These sanctions are the first the EU has imposed since 1989, in protest of China’s treatment of the Tiananmen Square demonstrators in Beijing. In response, China has dealt its own sanctions against 10 European individuals and four entities. Then the EU and U.S., along with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada released a joint statement saying “We will continue to stand together to shine a spotlight on China’s human rights violations. We stand united and call for justice for those suffering in Xinjiang.”
The dynamic between the two countries has become increasingly contentious since the Trump administration. Top experts have warned that the US and China are entering a new Cold War that have devastating consequences for the global economy.
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