Biden's remarks raise tensions in China, Global Times expresses concern for Chinese leaders

- Didn't talk about friendship, didn't say anything about business

Beijing / Washington / New Delhi on Thursday, January 21, 2021

The Chinese president was reportedly in a state of tension as new US President Joe Biden did not elaborate on his friendship or trade relations with China in his post-swearing-in speech.

According to a report published by the Chinese government spokesman Global Times, Chinese leaders believed that Biden's arrival would not bring any major change in US relations with China. Chinese political critics believed that the Biden administration could not expect too much cooperation from China.

According to a Global Times report, Chinese experts were watching the Biden administration cautiously. These people believed that the Biden regime did not rule out the possibility of a strict stance on trade, commerce and other matters with China. However, there may be a slight change in trade policy from the US before Trump.

New US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the United States would keep all options open against "China's abusive, inappropriate and illegal policies" that could weaken the US economy. In a way that harms US companies, China is imposing illegal subsidies, dumping of products, intellectual property theft, and obstruction of the trade in US goods. America will not run such a policy.

The new US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, said China was already pursuing its goal of becoming a world champion. China was competing with the US in various fields and the US and its allies would have to work together to thwart China's efforts.

"We will be ready to put up a strong resistance against any aggression, be it China or Pakistan," Austin said. We will show them that aggression is not right. At the present time, China is an exact threat. Russia is also aggressive, but China's current stance was more dangerous