Bloomberg – Chinese President Xi Jinping called for peace in the Asia-Pacific region at the end of his first visit to the United States in six years. after tensions between the world’s two largest economies eased.
Xi stressed that leaders “Building an open, dynamic, strong and peaceful community in the Asia Pacific” in a speech he delivered on Friday at the conclusion of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in San Francisco, according to state-run China Central Television and the official Xinhua News Agency.
He also reiterated China’s commitment to peaceful development and called for an open and fair environment for technological development, state media reported.
Xi will leave California after a largely positive trip in which he agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden to better manage tensions and reassure Americans that China wants friendship. not war. That could reduce the risk of a military crisis at a time when Xi is facing a sharp housing market slump and a leadership shakeup.
This week, the normally rigid Xi showed a softer side. Hours after he reminisced with Biden about his first trip to the US almost 40 years agoXi publicly accepted an NBA team jersey from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and suggested Beijing would send pandas to American zoos.
His trip to the US came at a critical time: China’s economy is slowing after decades of rapid growth and relations with the West are strained They deter foreign capital and trade tensions with the US increase the risks.
There remains skepticism about how long the bonhomie will last. The US has given no sign it will lift export restrictions that restrict China’s access to key future technologies – one of the issues that worries Beijing most.
He reiterated that position Friday and reaffirmed his own Opposition to “the politicization, the weaponization of economic and trade issues, and the exaggeration of the concept of national security.”“according to state media reports.
Xi also urged his counterparts to protect free and open trade and investment and maintain the stability of global industrial and supply chains.
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