The current Russian-Ukrainian conflict has entered its 21st day, and although both sides have expressed their intention to sign a peace agreement, no agreement has yet been reached on key issues, and Russia has said that it will complete special military operations in Ukraine as planned. At a time when the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is becoming more and more intense, the high-level talks between China and the United States have also attracted the attention of the international community.
According to reports, on March 14, local time, representatives of China and the United States held a high-level meeting in Rome. The international community is very concerned about the process and results of this meeting.
For China and the United States, this meeting is also very important, not only is it the first high-level offline meeting between China and the United States this year, but also an important channel for implementing the consensus reached at the meeting between the two heads of state in November last year.
According to the report, the high-level meeting between China and the United States in Rome lasted a total of 7 hours, and there were very "heated" discussions during the meeting between the two sides, but neither side revealed the specific content of the secret talks.
However, judging from the information currently disclosed by the two sides, the meeting released the following signals. First, the United States is very worried about the "Sino-Russian alliance."
Before the meeting began, the United States released information through the media that Russia had made a request to China to support weapons and equipment. Sullivan then warned that if China helped Russia, it would be retaliated against by the United States.
Western media agreed that the White House is very worried that China will help Russia offset the negative impact of Western sanctions, which will not only further deepen the relationship between China and Russia, but also promote China's international influence in the long run.
Therefore, during the meeting, Sullivan also expressed this concern of the US side to the Chinese representative. The Chinese representative expressed his behavior of spreading false information about the United States and smearing China's image.
In fact, on the issue of Russia's hope that China will provide it with weapons and equipment, both China and Russia have clarified it, but the Western countries are still clinging to it.
As for the so-called "Sino-Russian alliance", The Chinese side has also stressed many times that China and Russia are not an alliance similar to the West, but a comprehensive strategic partnership based on mutual respect.
The second signal from this Sino-US meeting is that the Biden administration's China strategy has not changed, and the United States still regards China as its main strategic competitor and suppresses it as the main means of handling relations with China.
Before the start of this high-level meeting between China and the United States, the Foreign Ministry of the mainland said that the meeting was held to implement the consensus reached at the China-US summit last November.
The statement issued by the Chinese side said that since November last year, the two sides have maintained contact and maintained communication on the implementation of the consensus on the holding of the meeting. In the statement issued by the Chinese side, it was not mentioned that the Chinese side attended the meeting "at the invitation of the US side", which shows that this meeting was jointly promoted by China and the United States.
China has always believed that China and the United States, as one of the few comprehensive powers in the world today, should strengthen cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
However, the United States has always been very dissatisfied with China's rise, worried that China's rise will affect the hegemonic status of the United States, and under the influence of this Cold War mentality, the Relationship between the United States and China has become increasingly tense in recent years.
Although China has been working hard to promote the two sides to resolve their differences through dialogue, judging from the results of recent dialogues, it is clear that the US side lacks the sincerity to improve relations with China.
As far as the high-level meeting in Rome is concerned, the attitude of the US representative to the Chinese side is still very arrogant. Therefore, experts believe that although both China and the United States believe that this meeting is beneficial, the specific effect remains to be seen.
Moreover, judging from the performance of the US side before and after this meeting, the stalemate in Sino-US relations is difficult to break in a short period of time, and all this is because the United States does not keep its promises.
At the China-US dollar summit last November, Biden made a number of commitments to China, including that the United States does not support "Taiwan independence." However, the behavior of the United States has been seriously inconsistent with its commitments, which is an important reason for the delay in restoring stability in Sino-US relations.
At this meeting, the Chinese representative also expressed China's position on relevant issues to the US side, asking the United States to clearly understand the seriousness of the Taiwan issue and stop interfering in China's internal affairs. What needs to be reminded of the United States is that today that China's international influence is growing, the United States must objectively recognize the fact of China's rise. If the Biden administration continues to use the crackdown as the primary means of handling relations with China, it will only end up gaining more than it loses.