Why the US and China continue talks despite their differences | DW News

In Beijing, US President Joe Biden's national security advisor has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The rare direct meeting with China's leader caps three days of high-level talks for Jake Sullivan. Those talks come at a time of heightened tensions between the superpowers across a range of issues.
DW’s East Asia correspondent James Chater reports.

00:00 Talks, heightened US/China tension
01:30 Dmitri Alperovitch, Founder of think tank Silverado Policy
06:03 Lily MacElwee, Center for Strategic and International Studies

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[khooboobeng]

ASEAN countries understand that having US bases in the Philippines means Philippines had given up its sovereignty.

[mohg]

Of course the author who wrote a book on new cold war is going to interpret this meeting in the cold war mindset.

[xujon]

How is it possible you’re asking people’s opinions on what China will do while you haven’t got 1 single China expert (let alone someone from China) to give the Chinese insights? It’s like telling people who have never seen penguins that they’re pink

[khooboobeng]

"When the Philippines gained independence in 1946, the Philippine nationalists wanted to claim the Spratly Islands. The American advisors, however, discouraged them due to the fact that the Spanish-American Treaty of 1898 clearly stipulated that the western limit of the Philippine islands did not include the Spratlys. (Wikipedia)

[iggy]

Hello Mr xi please buy more of our toilet paper USD
Xi= we prefer gold my old friend

[lingmgling]

Hegemony is synonymous to USA... EVERYWHERE!!!

[harrysmith]

China said it has better human rights than US as China life expectancy 79 years is longer than US 77 years. China also has no homeless and there is universal health care system in China.

[AlexT-vm]

Not the first time DW invites people who only want to sell their books and pretend to be experts in areas they don't really understand much about.

[klmnjr]

The fact that the president xi himself, not the vice president or minister of foreign affair that received US advisor indicate a good will from china side

[nenadmitrovic]

Because people with differences should talk. Stop with asking for war

[khooboobeng]

"After World War II, the Spratly Islands were noted by the British High Commission of Singapore as territory that was returned to China. In 1971, " (Maritime Executive)

[AbuSayyaf]

At least China is not a colony of the United States. Some countries are no different from colonies.

[eddastrohmayer]

What a silly question ! 🤡 Countries have to seek cooperation and not war !

[xrusous]

The US heavily depends on China. China holds 780 billion dollars of US T-bils. Almost all parts of my PC are made in China.

[sanjaysanj]

This is a couple who is madly in love with eachother but can't marry eachother 😆☝️🤣

[gtaraya]

The final gasp of air of biden administration

[doocieonu]

I'm an American. We ain't got much democracy left over here

[tunabirdy]

Guys didn't understand the Chinese meaning of traditional friendship which only means friendship between the people of China and the US. Nothing to do with the two governments.

[happymelon]

in the news...
demonstrators in Australia chanting 'Australia for the white man, the rest must go.'

[khooboobeng]

How about Philippines stole Thitu island (2nd largest Spratly Islands in the South China Sea) from the Republic of China in 1971 on a stormy day? I perceived that is ok to you, right?