Xie Feng says summit reset strategic value
Bastillepost · 3 SOURCES1 day ago2 MIN
Summary
China’s ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, said President Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to the US and his meeting with President Donald Trump provided fresh guidance for bilateral ties and reaffirmed the strategic value of the relationship in a new period. In an interview with Newsweek published on October 1, he described the summit as a milestone and said both leaders agreed to build a constructive strategic stability relationship based on respect, fairness and equality.
Key Points
- Xie Feng said in the Newsweek interview that the leaders’ meeting last week was milestone diplomacy and a new step toward avoiding the “Thucydides Trap.”
- He said the new formulation expands bilateral ties into a “constructive strategic stability relationship” based on respect, fairness and equality.
- Xie said “respect” covers sovereignty, territorial integrity and core interests, and stressed Taiwan is a red line that cannot be challenged.
- On trade, he said talks in New York and Washington from September 20 to 23 produced 10 outcomes, including reciprocal tariff cuts of “30 billion for 30 billion.”
- On artificial intelligence, he said both countries agreed to hold another dialogue in November and set up a communication channel for AI incidents.
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong readers, the message points to a period in which Beijing and Washington are trying to stabilise rivalry through leader-level contact, trade arrangements and crisis-management channels rather than open escalation. That could affect business sentiment, travel flows and the wider external environment facing Hong Kong if the current pause in tariffs and push for more exchanges are sustained.