d. 20-06-2023 (USA)
Biden kalder Xi for en 'diktator'
Blot dagen efter at Blinken havde afsluttet sit besøg i Beijing, i forventning om at forbedre forholdet mellem de to stormagter, gjorde Biden sit for igen at nul-stille forholdet.
På et fundraiser møde med 125 deltager, udtalte Biden sig om den såkalte 'spion-ballon sag' fra feb mdr. Han sagde således:
“China is real — has real economic difficulties. And the reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two boxcars full of spy equipment in it is he didn’t know it was there. No, I’m serious. That’s what’s a great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn’t know what happened. That wasn’t supposed to be going where it was. It was blown off course up through Alaska and then down through the United States. And he didn’t know about it. When it got shot down, he was very embarrassed. He denied it was even there. "
Den kinesiske reaktion var fordømmelse og talperson for Kinas udenrigsministerium Mao Ning, udtalte dagen efter :
“It is a blatant political provocation. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition,”
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- Oprettet d. 06-07-2023
