China Blasts Biden for ‘Highly Irresponsible’ Remarks on Xi
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Beijing lashed out at President Joe Biden for saying Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces “enormous problems,” underscoring the renewed tensions between the two nations since the US downing of a balloon in its airspace.
“The US remarks are highly irresponsible and violate basic diplomatic protocols,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Thursday at a regular press briefing in Beijing. “We are firmly opposed to that and condemn that,” Mao said in response to a question about Biden’s comments in an interview with PBS Newshour.