Biden in call with China's Xi raises human rights, trade

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

By AAMER MADHANI
57 minutes ago

Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.

The two leaders spoke just hours after Biden announced plans for a Pentagon task force to review U.S. national security strategy in China and after the new U.S. president announced he was levying sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime following this month’s coup in the southeast Asian country.

A White House statement said Biden raised concerns about Beijing’s “coercive and unfair economic practices.” Biden also pressed Xi on Hong Kong, human rights abuses against Uighur and ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang province, and its actions toward Taiwan.

“I told him I will work with China when it benefits the American people,” Biden posted on Twitter after the call.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-beijing-hong-kong-asia-china-df5d5e94d0862df0987f59b166cc4705

[riversedge]

1. ah. good to hear Pres Biden

[nam78_two]

2. All the stuff China is doing in areas of emerging tech

Or existing poorly regulated tech is pretty damn creepy.

[BigmanPigman]

3. It's almost a pleasure to read/watch the news

and not feel sick. I'll never take that for granted again.