Biden says China won't surpass U.S. as global leader on his watch

[webfact]

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he answers a question during his first formal news conference as president in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said he had made it clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States was not looking for confrontation, but would insist that China play by international rules for fair competition and fair trade.

 

Biden said he spent "hours upon hours" with Xi when he served as vice president under former President Barack Obama, and was convinced the Chinese leader believed that democracy doesn't have a future.

 

"He's one of the guys, like (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, who thinks that autocracy is the wave of the future, (and) democracy can't function in an ever-complex world," Biden told a news conference at the White House.

 

"He doesn't have a democratic - with a small 'd' - bone in his body, but he's a smart, smart guy," he said.

 

The president said he had a different view of the future, one that would require investing heavily in U.S. workers and science in order to compete with China.

 

 

"We're not looking for confrontation, although we know there will be steep, steep competition," Biden said. "We'll insist that China play by the international rules - fair competition, fair practices, fair trade."

 

Biden said the United States would work with allies to hold China accountable for its actions on Taiwan, Hong Kong, the South China Sea and its treatment of the Uighur minority.

 

He said he spoke with Xi for two hours after taking office and told him: "And as long as you and your country continue to so blatantly violate human rights, we are going to continue in an unrelenting way to call it to the attention of the world, and make it clear, make it clear, what’s happening. And he understood that."

 

(Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw, Michael Martina, Alexandra Alper; writing by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Sonya Hepinstall)

 

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[Tug]

Hope he’s right,all in all an excellent press briefing imo certainly a world of difference between him and trump what a difference an election makes!

[harada]

I don’t think that playing fair fits in with China’s world domination plans.

[Scott]

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[PatOngo]

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

We're not looking for confrontation

Why not??? Stick it to them Joe!

[PatOngo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Biden said the United States would work with allies to hold China accountable for its actions on Taiwan, Hong Kong, the South China Sea and its treatment of the Uighur minority.

Please Joe! The aggressive communist expansionists need to be kept in check and not reach their plan for world domination!

[blazes]

 

The only thing in this article that I find difficult to believe is the assertion that Mr Biden spoke with Xi for two whole hours.

 

Of course, it could be that Biden listened for two hours while Xi spoke at HIM.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

40 minutes ago, blazes said:

 

The only thing in this article that I find difficult to believe is the assertion that Mr Biden spoke with Xi for two whole hours.

 

Of course, it could be that Biden listened for two hours while Xi spoke at HIM.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But as so often you’ve nothing to back up your belief.

[Sharp]

That guy couldn't string a sentence together correctly GOD knows how are 2 hour conversation went .

 

oh yeah and it's too late!

[ExpatOK]

Yep

 

"...Biden at his first news conference...When Biden moved on to fielding questions, the president didn’t get a single query about the virus that has rewritten the rules of society for more than a year."

 

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-1st-news-conference-2804de86cb2bd901c14c109efe024e5d

[Chomper Higgot]

6 minutes ago, ExpatOK said:

Yep

 

"...Biden at his first news conference...When Biden moved on to fielding questions, the president didn’t get a single query about the virus that has rewritten the rules of society for more than a year."

 

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-1st-news-conference-2804de86cb2bd901c14c109efe024e5d

And if he had he could have answered by referring to the great work he’s done getting help to ordinary Americans and rolling out vaccination.

[Jeffr2]

15 minutes ago, Sharp said:

That guy couldn't string a sentence together correctly GOD knows how are 2 hour conversation went .

 

oh yeah and it's too late!

He seems to be doing OK so far.  No lies every day.  No bashing of others.  Hit his goal for jabs.  Working on immigration reform.  Infrastructure.  Kamala is in charge of the mess in Central America.  His cabinet, finally, is more closely aligned with what America looks like.  And they're not a bunch of lobbyists.

 

So far, fantastic!

[Jeffr2]

10 minutes ago, ExpatOK said:

Yep

 

"...Biden at his first news conference...When Biden moved on to fielding questions, the president didn’t get a single query about the virus that has rewritten the rules of society for more than a year."

 

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-1st-news-conference-2804de86cb2bd901c14c109efe024e5d

Who cares.  The proof is in the results.  And he's doing fine.  Way better than our previous lying POTUS.

[darksidedog]

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[Jeffr2]

17 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

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Love your signature line! Too funny....I do believe there's a new Zappa movie out?

 

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."

Frank Zappa

[ExpatOK]

5 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Love your signature line! Too funny....I do believe there's a new Zappa movie out?

 

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life."

Frank Zappa

Stop being a kiss a$$.

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, ExpatOK said:

Yep

 

"...Biden at his first news conference...When Biden moved on to fielding questions, the president didn’t get a single query about the virus that has rewritten the rules of society for more than a year."

 

Well at least he held a press conference, un like his gutless predecessor who hid behind his Twitter account till even they got tired of his constant BS and false information!

[Enzian]

How can a leader or a party expound reverence for multi-party democracy while at the same time attempting to use legal and illegal immigration to transform a country into a de facto one-party state?

[Kwasaki]

2 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

 No bashing of others. 

Yeah he Luvs everyone. ????????

[Jeffr2]

15 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah he Luvs everyone. ????????

Sure beats the last POTUS. ????????

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, Enzian said:

How can a leader or a party expound reverence for multi-party democracy while at the same time attempting to use legal and illegal immigration to transform a country into a de facto one-party state?

Trump tried to transform into a one man political system but failed because the people can see through his evil ambition. Biden will be judged by the people. So far he is doing great with majority approved of his performance. 

Edited March 26, 2021 by Eric Loh
Grammar

[simple1]

5 hours ago, darksidedog said:

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[Masterton]

8 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Well at least he held a press conference, un like his gutless predecessor who hid behind his Twitter account till even they got tired of his constant BS and false information!

 

Stop talking BS. Trump made himself available to reporters and took questions almost every day. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. 

 

Anyone who thinks Biden is doing anywhere near a better job than his predecessor is clearly living in bizarro world. Pity the corrupt media are continuously running interference for him.

[placeholder]

10 hours ago, ExpatOK said:

Yep

 

"...Biden at his first news conference...When Biden moved on to fielding questions, the president didn’t get a single query about the virus that has rewritten the rules of society for more than a year."

 

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-1st-news-conference-2804de86cb2bd901c14c109efe024e5d

Maybe because there was nothing substantial to criticize? Do you understand that that more questions were asked about the situation at the border than about any other topic?

[simple1]

44 minutes ago, Masterton said:

 

Stop talking BS. Trump made himself available to reporters and took questions almost every day. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. 

 

Anyone who thinks Biden is doing anywhere near a better job than his predecessor is clearly living in bizarro world. Pity the corrupt media are continuously running interference for him.

We must never forget trump called the Press the enemy of the people for talking truth to power. However, you must have a poor memory. At one period trump went 300 days without a press briefing. 

 

https://theconversation.com/trump-white-house-goes-300-days-without-a-press-briefing-why-thats-unprecedented-130164

 

Throughout trump's Presidency, his Press Secretaries were a total waste of space, just echoing trump's lies and false accusations. Press conferences trump did attend were riddled with lies and misinformation.

 

Thankfully Biden is now in power representing the Office of the President of the USA, re-establishing US credibility and democratic principles.

[Sharp]

11 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

He seems to be doing OK so far.  No lies every day.  No bashing of others.  Hit his goal for jabs.  Working on immigration reform.  Infrastructure.  Kamala is in charge of the mess in Central America.  His cabinet, finally, is more closely aligned with what America looks like.  And they're not a bunch of lobbyists.

 

So far, fantastic!

Give me strength!!! 

[Tug]

12 hours ago, ExpatOK said:

Yep

 

"...Biden at his first news conference...When Biden moved on to fielding questions, the president didn’t get a single query about the virus that has rewritten the rules of society for more than a year."

 

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-1st-news-conference-2804de86cb2bd901c14c109efe024e5d

Guess the press dident feel it was nessary because of the outstanding job this administration is doing on that issue.how devastating it must be for the (what used to be the Republican Party)imo it barely exists any more not to have been able to say he was incoherent what a difference!he actually thinks before he speaks just guess the old enuendo slander line isent going to work with this administration oh well 

[Masterton]

4 hours ago, simple1 said:

We must never forget trump called the Press the enemy of the people for talking truth to power. However, you must have a poor memory. At one period trump went 300 days without a press briefing. 

 

https://theconversation.com/trump-white-house-goes-300-days-without-a-press-briefing-why-thats-unprecedented-130164

 

Throughout trump's Presidency, his Press Secretaries were a total waste of space, just echoing trump's lies and false accusations. Press conferences trump did attend were riddled with lies and misinformation.

 

Thankfully Biden is now in power representing the Office of the President of the USA, re-establishing US credibility and democratic principles.

 

Actually Trump never "called the Press the enemy of the people for talking truth to power", this is just another oft repeated falsehood by Democrats and their propagandists in the media. He said that fake news is the enemy of the people. (Which I suppose in this day in age is kinda the same thing in most cases). Furthermore you misrepresented what you posted in the link, which is that the White House did not do press briefings (which are usually done by the WH press secretary, not  the president). Trump regularly engaged with the media outside the White House and where the Democrat media didn't fawn over him and ask him moronic questions about his dogs, his socks, his favourite ice cream flavour or his wife's scrunchie. 

 

Thankfully Biden is now in power for who ? America's enemies ? America's competitors ? The radical Marxists behind the scenes pulling his strings ? Biden is a laughing stock and doing the total opposite of "re-establishing US credibility and democratic principles". Did you get that out of a Xmas cracker ? Ridiculous. 

[Scott]

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[simple1]

6 hours ago, Masterton said:

 

Actually Trump never "called the Press the enemy of the people for talking truth to power", this is just another oft repeated falsehood by Democrats and their propagandists in the media. He said that fake news is the enemy of the people. (Which I suppose in this day in age is kinda the same thing in most cases). Furthermore you misrepresented what you posted in the link, which is that the White House did not do press briefings (which are usually done by the WH press secretary, not  the president). Trump regularly engaged with the media outside the White House and where the Democrat media didn't fawn over him and ask him moronic questions about his dogs, his socks, his favourite ice cream flavour or his wife's scrunchie. 

 

Thankfully Biden is now in power for who ? America's enemies ? America's competitors ? The radical Marxists behind the scenes pulling his strings ? Biden is a laughing stock and doing the total opposite of "re-establishing US credibility and democratic principles". Did you get that out of a Xmas cracker ? Ridiculous. 

 

 

Trump called out 'fake media' for anyone who disagreed with him, thereby attempting to throttle free speech.

"at a rally in Florida ahead of next week's mid-term elections, US President Trump said a third of Americans believed that "fake news" media was "the enemy of the people".

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-46057126

 

Bunch of unsubstantiated claims. For whom is Biden a laughing stock? it's trump sycophants who are in fact the fools. Who are the 'radical Marxists' behind the scenes (define radical Marxist policy as articulated in the US) pulling Biden's strings - as required by forum rules credible links to support your claim, not just some opinion piece without facts.

 

As a reminder the results of the 11/2020 elections were the worst for an incumbent president since 1933; trump lost re-election, the House and the Senate.

Edited March 26, 2021 by simple1