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US President Joe Biden raised human rights issues in Tibet during his talks with Xi Jinping at Bali in Indonesia on Monday ahead of the Group of 20 Summit with concerns about Beijing’s practices in Xinjiang and Hong Kong also figuring in the meeting.
ANI reported, A White House statement said that President Biden also raised US objections to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan”.
He said one China policy of the US has not changed but Washington opposes any unilateral changes to the status quo by either side.
“President Biden raised concerns about PRC practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and human rights more broadly. On Taiwan, he laid out in detail that our one China policy has not changed, the United States opposes any unilateral changes to the status quo by either side, and the world has an interest in the maintenance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” the statement said.
“He raised US objections to PRC’s coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan, which undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the broader region, and jeopardize global prosperity,” it added.
The US President raised ongoing concerns about “China’s non-market economic practices, which harm American workers and families, and workers and families around the world”.
“He again underscored that it is a priority for us to resolve the cases of American citizens who are wrongfully detained or subject to exit bans in China,” the statement said.
