Chinese State Media: "Constructive China-US Dialogue... US Must Act More Proactively"

Ranked No.1 on Baidu Search, Gaining National Attention
Party Organ's Newspaper Covers It as a Brief on 'Page 3 Bottom'

The heads of diplomacy of the U.S. and China held talks in Beijing, which local state media described as a "constructive dialogue." However, they argued that since the responsibility for the deterioration of bilateral relations lies with the U.S., America must take more proactive actions to improve the relationship.

On the 19th, China's state-run Global Times (GT) reported in an editorial that "State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and engaged in a long, frank, deep, and constructive dialogue on overall relations and other important issues." It also noted that this was the first visit by a U.S. Secretary of State to China in five years, and particularly the first visit by a Biden administration cabinet official to China, interpreting this "twist and turns" as reflecting the very complex and difficult situation of bilateral relations.

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GT further stated that recently, scholars, politicians, and the international community in the U.S. have reasonably called for a "reexamination" of bilateral relations, and that the background of this is "U.S. national interests." GT said, "The international community, including U.S. allies, hopes that China-U.S. relations will not be further shaken and will stabilize, so that the foundation of world peace and stability is not undermined," adding, "This is not the result of some magic by China, but because of U.S. national interests."

The responsibility for the worsening bilateral relations was also emphasized as lying with the U.S. GT stated, "Most of the difficulties faced in China-U.S. relations were due to the U.S.'s unilateral and capricious policies and actions," and therefore "the U.S. should naturally do more to improve relations." It went on to explain, "The U.S.'s suppression of China in the economic and trade sectors is madness, but bilateral trade relations still show strong endogenous momentum and indicate significant room for mutually beneficial cooperation." Additionally, it added, "Since the two sides agreed to expand cultural and educational exchanges during this meeting, the U.S. should stop its habitual overreactions in issuing visas to Chinese nationals and show concrete actions."

This meeting also attracted significant attention within China. As of around 8 a.m. local time on the 19th, the "full transcript of the U.S.-China foreign ministers' meeting" recorded 4,951,768 searches on the local portal Baidu, ranking first in search terms. Baidu's popular search list is updated every five minutes through data mining that comprehensively evaluates search indices, comments, and retweet counts. In contrast, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Daily, covered the news of the foreign ministers' meeting in a brief 600-character article at the bottom of page 3.

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