On November 16, during his final meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese leader Xi Jinping voiced his willingness to work with the new administration, maintain cooperation and manage differences.
Biden called the U.S.-China relationship the most important in the world and repeated his oft-stated remark that the United States and China “cannot let any of this competition veer into conflict.”
Pledges aside, when VOA took a closer look at what Biden and Xi had to say during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, it found that there was a sharp contrast between what Xi says and China’s actions and facts on the ground.
Cyberthreats
During his meeting with Xi, Biden raised “deep concerns” about Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks “targeting civilian critical infrastructure and threatening the safety and security of Americans.”
In response, Xi said there is no evidence supporting what he called “the irrational claim” that cyberattacks are being carried …