Separately, U.S. Secretary of State Antal Blinken was scheduled to outline the Biden administration's China policy in a speech Thursday at George Washington University
But state Department spokesman David Price said Wednesday that Blinken would be working from home because of the COVID-19 diagnosis
More than a year after taking office, the Biden administration has been criticized in the US for lacking a formal strategy for dealing with China
In February, baden's government released its first hardplatform strategy report, vowing to devote more diplomatic and security resources to the region
But American policy circles and academics dismissed the report as a repetition of the brooding platitudes of previous administrations that still failed to articulate a coherent strategy for dialogue
It was observed that key members of the McDonald administration had publicly expressed their thoughts and discussions on handling relations with China on several occasions over the past year
The contours of Madden's China policy remain fairly clear.
He also made the case that the United States will compete with China when it should, cooperate when it can and confront when it must
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published an article in which Blinken's China policy speech will confirm That China is America's main rival
The article said that at a time when the global focus is on conflict free,
the Biden administration is ready to send the message once again that the United States sees China, not Russia, as its biggest geopolitical rival
The article also noted that according to foreign policy experts who advise the US administration
"We wish Mr. Blinken a speedy recovery," Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press briefing on Thursday
Zhao lijian stressed that as permanent members of the UN Security Council and the world's two largest economies,
the development of healthy and stable bilateral relations is in the fundamental interests of the two countries and the common expectation of the international community
History and reality show that a confrontation between China and the United States will damage the current sino-US relations
It's an important crossroads and we hope that the United States will send President Biden
Relevant positive statements have been carried out and achieved
Outdated cold War joint thinking: The US should meet China halfway
We will earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen communication, manage differences and focus on cooperation
To bring china-us relations back to sound and steady development at an early date
The timing of Blinken's speech is also worth reading as foreign policy will shift its focus to the Asia-Pacific region in the middle of this month
Biden will also attend the Daily Olympic Quadripartite Security Dialogue in Tokyo, and blinken's speech is expected to seek to build momentum for biden to rally Allies against China ahead of his East Asia trip
The postponement of Blinken's China policy speech is reminiscent of the cancellation of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last month after she also tested positive for novel coronavirus
At that time, Taiwan's own media writer Tang Xianglong said Pelosi was "strategic positive"
because Beijing's reaction was much stronger than the US expected, so Pelosi used the COVID-19 positive as an excuse to cancel the visit
I think the current US policy towards China is actually at a point
It's a very difficult time when the United States is on the one hand suppressing China
Not to delay the containment of China because of this pollution conflict on the other hand we will also see in fact
This is the frequency and intensity of this repression in the United States
What do you think of the host and Blinken who clearly takes this policy speech very seriously
Well, it's been a long time coming and he did it in advance during his congressional testimony last week
So the secretary of state, the president, the secretary of state, the secretary of state, the secretary of state, the secretary of state, the secretary of State, the secretary of State, the secretary of State, the secretary of State, the secretary of State
Giving country-specific foreign and defense policy speeches at universities or think tanks is actually already
Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, advocated dialogue and full competition
What about Vice President Pence who once stepped to the front of the room to give a flamboyant policy speech at the Wilson Think tank
He said the United States was competing with China on all fronts, including values
His policy speech at the Lexon Library in California was even more hyped
It seems to me that Blinken tested positive for COVID-19
It was a series of events that led to the delay of the State Department press conference yesterday and the first question that Speaker Price was asked was about blinken
So Price revealed that Blinken had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and had received booster shots
His symptoms were relatively mild and biden was surrounded by a number of top officials and chief Of staff Austin Austin
Commerce Secretary Raymond Raymondo, White House press secretary Jen Psaki, and so on. They all contracted COVID-19 after four or five days of self-quarantine
So blinken's lavish speech is more likely to be postponed than canceled
Then Price also confirmed to reporters yesterday to find a replacement speech date as soon as possible