Biden speaks with China's Xi within their first call since the US election

Joe Biden on Wednesday (Feb 10) held his first call due to president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese head about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists found in Hong Kong along with other human rights concerns.

Both leaders spoke only hours after Biden announced plans for a Pentagon task force to review US national security strategy in China and after the new US president announced he was levying sanctions against Myanmar's military regime following this month's coup in the southeast Asian country.

A White House declaration said Biden raised considerations about Beijing’s “coercive and unfair economic practices". Biden as well pressed Xi on Beijing's crackdown in Hong Kong, human privileges abuses against Uighur and ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang province, and its own actions toward Taiwan.

Biden, who had handled the Chinese leader when he served as Barack Obama’s vice president, employed his first 3 weeks in the White House to create several calls with additional leaders on the Indo-Pacific region. He offers tried to mail the message that he'd take a radically different method of China than past President Donald Trump, who located trade and monetary issues most of all in the US-China romance.

On his part, the Chinese president told his US counterpart that confrontation between their countries will be a disaster for them and both sides should re-establish the methods to avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments.

Xi likewise told Biden that he hopes the United States will cautiously handle things linked to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang that manage matters of China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to a merchant account of the discussions reported by Chinese point out television on Thursday. 

With Japanese Primary Minister Yoshihide Suga past due previous month, Biden underscored the US commitment to protecting the Senkaku Islands, several uninhabited islets administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing. 

In his phone with India’s Primary Minister Narendra Modi, Biden emphasised the need for "close cooperation to promote a free and available Indo-Pacific". And in his call up with Australian Primary Minister Scott Morrison last week, the president highlighted that both nations' alliance was necessary to stability in your community, the White House said.

Major aides to Biden possess repeatedly observed from Asia-Pacific counterparts who had become discouraged by Trump’s frequently sharp rhetoric aimed at allies, talk of reducing troop levels in South Korea and odd interactions with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, in accordance to a senior administration recognized who spoke about condition of anonymity to go over the private calls.

Allies in your community have made clear they want a far more purposeful and steady method of engagements going forward, in line with the official.