{"id":597902,"date":"2023-11-16T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-pushes-back-on-biden-calling-xi-a-dictator\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:28:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:28:51","slug":"china-pushes-back-on-biden-calling-xi-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-pushes-back-on-biden-calling-xi-a-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"#China pushes back on Biden calling Xi a \u2018dictator\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/AP23320113553469-e1700147424417.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>China\u2019s Foreign Ministry is pushing back on President Biden calling President Xi Jinping a \u201cdictator,\u201d telling reporters on Thursday it \u201cstrongly opposes\u201d the comments without mentioning Biden by name. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis statement is extremely wrong and irresponsible political manipulation,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during a routine briefing on Thursday, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/biden-calls-xi-dictator-after-carefully-planned-summit-2023-11-16\/\">according to a Reuters report. <\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt should be pointed out that there will always be some people with ulterior motives who attempt to incite and damage U.S.-China relations, they are doomed to fail,\u201d Mao added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to specify the identity of \u201csome people,\u201d Mao refused, according to the wire.<\/p>\n<p>Biden met with Xi on the sidelines of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, marking the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders in nearly a year. <\/p>\n<p>In a press conference following the meeting, Biden called XI a \u201cdictator,\u201d marking the second time this year the president referred to Xi as such. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, he is. He\u2019s a dictator in the sense that he\u2019s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that is based on a form of government totally different from ours,\u201d\u00a0Biden told reporters on Wednesday following the leaders\u2019 nearly four-hour meeting. <\/p>\n<p>The comment comes months after Biden said in June he thought Xi was a dictator who got upset when the Chinese spy ballon was shot down in February because he didn\u2019t know about it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why\u00a0Xi Jinping\u00a0got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment is he didn\u2019t know it was there,\u201d Biden said at the time. \u201cNo, I\u2019m serious. That was the great embarrassment for dictators, when they didn\u2019t know what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president also told reporters he was \u201cblunt\u201d with Xi on areas of tension between the two countries, while still touting agreement on three areas of cooperation. <\/p>\n<p>Contention between the U.S. and China has flared up in recent years with regards to a number of issues \u2014 including the U.S. government\u2019s sanctions on Chinese citizens and officials, restricted import of Chinese semiconductors, debate over the Chinese-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> platform TikTok and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Both sides have recently signaled an easing of some of the tension, and Biden said Wednesday that his meeting with Xi produced \u201cpositive steps.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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