In the read-out from the meeting between Joe Biden and President Xi, the Chinese includes a revealing sentence.
“The direct cause for the current situation in the China-US relationship is that some people on the US side have not followed through on the important common understanding reached by the two Presidents and have not acted on President Biden’s positive statements. The US has misperceived and miscalculated China’s strategic intention.”
In other words, the Biden administration is dealing falsely with the Chinese.
In the lead up to this damning paragraph, the Chinese wrote, “President Biden has just reiterated that the US does not seek to have a new Cold War with China, to change China’s system, or to revitalize alliances against China, and that the US does not support “Taiwan independence” or intend to seek a conflict with China.”
Two days after this meeting between Biden and Xi, Secretary of State Blinken sanctioned numerous Chinese officials.
The Chinese obviously understand that they are not dealing with honest and forthright people. The Biden administration will say one thing to your face and then turn around and do the opposite.