‘US-China tensions: Biden calls Xi a dictator a day after Beijing talks’

President Biden called Chinese President Xi a “dictator” on Tuesday, sparking an angry reaction from Beijing. https://t.co/2c5zVqfk34

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2023

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The BBC reported the following:

US-China tensions: Biden calls Xi a dictator a day after Beijing talks

June 21, 2023

US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California.

His remarks came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Mr Xi for talks in Beijing, which were aimed at easing tensions between the two superpowers. …

“The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset, in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment in it, was he didn’t know it was there,” Mr Biden said at the event on Tuesday.

“That’s a great embarrassment for dictators. When they didn’t know what happened,” he added.

The balloon, which China says was monitoring weather, drifted across the continental US before being destroyed by American military aircraft in February. …

China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning called Mr Biden’s remarks “extremely absurd and irresponsible”. Speaking at a regularly scheduled press conference on Wednesday, she said that the comments were “an open political provocation” that violated diplomatic etiquette. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65969802

China did not like this. Voice of America added:

June 21, 2023

Responding to Biden’s comments Wednesday, Beijing slammed them as an “open political provocation.”

“The relevant remarks by the U.S. side are extremely absurd and irresponsible, they seriously violate basic facts, diplomatic protocol and China’s political dignity,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a briefing.

“China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposed to this,” she said.

Biden, who at 80 is running for re-election, on Tuesday waved off concerns about the Asian giant, telling donors that “China has real economic difficulties.”

Still on the subject of China and Xi, Biden said “we’re in a situation now where he wants to have a relationship again.”

Blinken “did a good job” on his Beijing trip, but “it’s going to take time,” Biden added.

The U.S. president did bring up another prickly point regarding communist-ruled China: a recent summit in which leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States — known as the Quad group — sought to boost peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific maritime region.

The four countries are “working hand in glove in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean,” Biden said.

“What he (Xi) was really upset about was that I insisted that we unite the… so-called Quad,” Biden said.

Tuesday was not the first time Biden has made significant, even provocative, statements at fund-raising receptions, usually small-scale events at which cameras and recordings are forbidden but where journalists may listen to and transcribe the president’s opening remarks. https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-refers-to-chinese-president-xi-as-a-dictator-during-speech-at-fundraiser-/7146140.html

Remarks by Joe Biden related to Saudi Arabia have also been a factor in the Saudis becoming closer to China.

Anyway, because China is upset by Joe Biden’s comments, it is likely to take additional steps–militarily and otherwise–that the USA does not like. The USA, then, would also be expected to take steps.

During the the Obama-Biden Administration it developed it’s Asian pivot policy–which was a cornerstone of Hillary Clinton’s Department of State.

Hillary Clinton is considered to have been an early promoter of what has been called the pivot strategy towards Asia (Clinton, Hillary. America’s Pacific Century. Foreign Policy, November 2011; Clinton, Hard Choices, pp. 41-46). The result of this ‘Asian pivot’ has partially been responsible for a decreased USA military presence in Europe.

As China’s influence increases, the USA wants to take steps to halt it and increase its own influence. It, along with the UK and Australia formed the AUKUS alliance that China and Europe have problems with (see also ‘China lashes out at AUKUS after deal to develop hypersonic weapons’).

Although the USA tried to ‘make nice’ towards China within the past week, Joe Biden’s comments probably unraveled whatever progress was made.

A major blind spot in USA and UK foreign policy is the fact that its leaders do not believe and understand biblical prophecy.

Because of that, various administrations have made major policy moves which is what pushed Europe to increase its military potential.

During the Obama-Biden Administration, the Europeans became incensed about U.S.A. and U.K. espionage, to the point that various Europeans believe this has caused irreparable damage to relations (see also The Snowden Leaks are Leading to the Destruction of the USA). The Obama-Biden Administration also pushed the Europeans to spend more on their militaries. Then the USA got Donald Trump, which further infuriated the Europeans. Donald Trump also pushed the Europeans to spend more on their militaries. His election also led them to decide to form a pan-European military organization called the Permanent Structured Cooperation, PESCO (watch PESCO and a Great European Army). Then Russia’s ‘special military operation’ into Ukraine, has further driven the Europeans to develop a stronger military (watch Is the European Beast Growing Horns?).

All of this will hurt the U.S.A. and U.K. later, as the Bible shows they will be taken over by a European power called the King of the North (Daniel 8:24-25, 11:39).

Furthermore, the Apostle Paul warned:

20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:20-22)

The USA, Australia, and U.K.’s political leadership basically do despise prophecies, do not test all things, do not hold fast to what is good, and most certainly do not abstain from every form of evil–sadly, it encourages evil in many ways.

None of this means that the USA, Austrlia, and UK have no legitimate concerns about China.

But, while the USA, Australia, and UK focus more on China, they will not see what is prophesied to rise up in Europe.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

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