Summit in New Delhi and Washington: President Xi's Common Phraseology for Managing Competition and Differences with Rivals

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Now that the Xi Trump Summit in Washington is done with and statements from the leadership’s talks have been released by the Chinese State media, a striking commonality of phrases is evident from what the Chinese President Xi said during his meeting with the US President Donald Trump on 24 September and in his bilateral with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier during the month on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Delhi. This possibly reflects the common thread of competition and tensions between China and two major powers – one global and the other trans-regional with which the Chinese views the relationship providing of insight for management by policy planners in the years ahead.

Here is a quick look at the common phraseology -

Continued Communication Between Leaders

Chinese Statement after Summit in Washington

President Trump and I have maintained communication through various means, jointly steering the ship of China-US relations. In May of this year, President Trump and I unanimously decided to build a constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the United States

Chinese Statement after Summit in New Delhi

Chinese side has always viewed and developed China-India relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective. Over the past two years, Prime Minister Modi and I have met twice, leading China-India relations from a ‘setting out anew’ to a ‘further elevation’.

Cooperation and Differences for Mutual and World Peace

Chinese Statement after Summit in Washington

This new positioning reflects the reality of China-US relations and embodies expectations for the future; it is an important step towards a correct path for the two countries to coexist. We must translate this vision into action, striving towards a direction of cooperation as the mainstay, competition with moderation, manageable differences, and a promising future, thus forging a correct path for the two major powers to coexist. China and the United States should and can fully achieve mutual benefit and win-win results through pragmatic cooperation, achieve mutual success through healthy competition, properly handle differences while seeking common ground and reserving differences, and build peace by accumulating mutual trust, so that a constructive strategic and stable relationship between China and the United States can better benefit the people of both countries and the people of the world.

Chinese Statement after Summit in New Delhi

China and India have different national conditions and can fully draw on each other’s strengths and offset each other’s weaknesses, support each other, bring about each other’s success, and develop together. Faced with an international situation in which transformation and turmoil are intertwined, China and India, as the two most populous countries in the world and important members of the Global South, shoulder important responsibilities. The two sides should take the future of humanity as their concern and the well-being of the people as their consideration, work hand-in-hand to promote the high-quality development of ‘Greater BRICS Cooperation’, and provide more positive energy for promoting world peace, stability, development and prosperity.

Taiwan/Border issue

Chinese Statement after Summit in Washington -

Xi Jinping emphasized that China's position on safeguarding national unity and territorial integrity is very clear. He expressed hope that the US would adhere to its correct stance against "Taiwan independence," handle the Taiwan issue prudently, and lay a solid foundation for China-US strategic cooperation and the development of bilateral relations.

Chinese Statement after Summit in New Delhi

The Indian side has always viewed India-China relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective, is willing to be a partner and not a rival with China, and regards each other’s development as an opportunity and not a challenge. The Indian side adheres to an independent and autonomous foreign policy, and the development of relations with China is not subject to the influence of third parties. The Indian side’s policy and position on Taiwan and on Tibet-related questions have not changed, and it does not permit any forces to engage in anti-China activities in India. The Indian side is willing, on the basis of mutual respect and mutual trust, to maintain high-level exchanges with the Chinese side, strengthen strategic communication, promote mutually beneficial cooperation, intensify people-to-people exchanges, and promote greater development of relations between the two countries. The two sides should make joint efforts to safeguard peace and tranquillity in the border areas.