Enough Of Joe Biden’s ‘He Said-Xi Said’

In a sign of how far and fast relations between China and the United States are falling, the nations can’t even agree on what their leaders said to each other in a conversation. It’s a tale of two versions of one telephone call.

The White House insists President Biden scolded Chinese President Xi Jinping about forced labor and genocide involving the Uyghur Muslims. China says that’s fake news and that Biden never raised either topic during the Thursday call between the two men.

On the other hand, China’s official readout of the call says its leader warned against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to visit Taiwan during a trip to the region, saying “those who play with fire will perish by it” and officials later suggested a visit would be seen as an invasion of China itself.

In response to questions, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to confirm or deny that Xi said anything of the sort about Pelosi, adding “I’m not going to speak to that statement.”

So, what’s the truth? Did Biden deliver on his promise to stand up for human rights? Did China effectively threaten World War III if Pelosi goes ahead with the Taiwan visit?

The questions are straightforward and the answers should be, too. Instead, we are left guessing about who said what.

It doesn’t have to be that way. An obvious solution is for the White House to release portions of the call transcript that relate to those issues.

Source: https://vigourtimes.com/enough-of-joe-bidens-he-said-xi-said/