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US President Biden told Chinese President Xi Jinping that there is no democratic aspect, and that there will be extreme competition with China.
Rather than a Trump-style trade war, it suggested a strategy of gathering allies and putting pressure on China.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung reports from Washington.
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U.S. President Biden, who was interviewed by CBS, replied that there was no reason for not being able to call when asked why he did not speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping after taking office.
He explained that he had had more than 24 hours of meetings in China as Vice President, and that he would have spent more time with President Xi than any other leader in the world.
President Biden called Xi as smart and harsh, but said he had no democratic side.
In doing so, it foretold extreme competition between the United States and China.
[Biden/U.S. President (CBS anchor O'Donnell Twitter): We don't have to clash.
But there will be extreme competition (between the US and China).]
President Biden said that the mass competition will focus on international rules and not on the Trump method, suggesting that it will be a strategy to unite alliances and pressure China rather than a trade war Was suggested.
The Chinese ambassador to the United States expressed a strong reluctance to the US public pressure.
[Cui Tiankai / Ambassador of China to the US: All countries have values and interests to protect.
We will protect it at all costs.] With the
foreshadowing of an extreme struggle between the United States and China over international security order and economic hegemony, it is expected that Korea will have difficulty avoiding the effects of the bilateral conflict.