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Transcript/ScriptYE US China {WEB}
HEADLINE: Biden, Xi Move to Stabilize U.S.-China Relations
TEASER: U.S.-China leaders agree to resume talks on major global priorities while acknowledging areas of deep frictions
PUBLISHED AT: 11/27/2022 at 3:19 pm
BYLINE: Nike Ching
DATELINE: State Department
VIDEOGRAPHER:
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: newhouse, MAS
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Reuters, AP
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 3:02
VID APPROVED BY: mia
TYPE: TV
EDITOR NOTES: I’ve uploaded B-roll and Zoom interview here: https://app.frame.io/projects/e8702ac4-05ba-462d-af2c-54ad58a81427/7f457707-dba1-4583-9795-39cdba2412aa
Radio track is included.))
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[[Leaders of the United States and China agreed to maintain open lines of communication after their first in-person talks since Biden became U.S. president. The meeting took place on the sidelines of November’s G-20 summit in Bali. But after years of tension over issues including trade and Taiwan, many expect frictions will persist. State Department Bureau Chief Nike Ching has the report.]]
((Biden and Xi meet ahead of G-20 summit in Bali, AP Video ID: 4406377; Xi says prepared for 'candid' exchange with Biden, AP Video ID: 4406391))
((NARRATOR))
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed an openness to repair the worsening relationship between the two countries in their first face-to-face talks since Biden became president, pledging that their countries will resume talks on major global priorities.
To follow up, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China in early 2023.
((Radio track: Antony Blinken is the U.S. Secretary of State.))
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((Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State))
“With regards to China, one of the, I think, important outcomes of the conversation that President Biden had with President Xi was a shared view that we need to keep open –and indeed, strengthen – lines of communication between our countries. That is necessary if we’re going to responsibly manage the relationship to deal with the competition that we have so that it does not veer into conflict.”
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((NARRATOR))
Following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August, China suspended climate and military talks with the United States. China also intensified its military deployment against the self-ruled democracy that Beijing claims as its own.
((Kerry holds tense discussions with China at COP27, AP Video ID: 4407110))
((NARRATOR))
The two countries resumed climate talks during COP27 in Egypt, where U.S. special envoy John Kerry and Chinese representatives praised the renewed communication.
((Radio track: Xie Zhenhua is China’s climate envoy))
((China climate envoy: US talks 'friendly, positive', AP Video ID: 4407386, first sound bite))
((Xie Zhenhua, China’s Climate Envoy))
“This is how I would comment on the official consultation between China and the United States; It is very candid, friendly, positive, and very constructive.”
((China expects foreign trade to face uncertainty in 2022, Reuters video, USN: VAFU7GAIV, or
Clashes as police try to clear Hong Kong protesters after Uighur support rally, Reuters video USN: VABB22V5Z, or
Uighur Muslims protest in Turkey as Chinese foreign minister visits, Reuters video USN: VAE5KYWCN))
((NARRATOR))
But analysts caution key issues that have driven competition and disagreement between the two countries still persist, including trade, technology, human rights, Taiwan, and the South China Sea.
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((Radio track: Seth Jones spoke with VOA via ZOOM. He is director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.))
((Seth Jones, Center for Strategic and International Studies)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Zoom))
“We see both sides building up military power, including in the Indo Pacific. The U.S. is shifting its posture there; the Chinese continues to build a Bluewater Navy, build long range strike and build a nuclear weapons triad for deterrence. And potential use along those lines. So I think competition intention is inevitable.”
((China and US defence ministers join ASEAN summit , AP Video ID:4407705))
((NARRATOR))
In Cambodia, top defense officials from the U.S. and China discussed the need to improve crisis communications, while the U.S. continues to raise concerns about what Washington said is “increasingly dangerous” behavior by the Chinese military in the region.
Nike Ching, VOA News
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)
the State Department
Embargo DateNovember 27, 2022 15:34 EST
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Nike Ching, VOA News
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