- According to the president, there are no serious repercussions from his comments labeling his Chinese counterpart a “dictator.”
- Those remarks were made by Biden on Tuesday during a campaign event in California, just one day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken finished his first official trip to Beijing.
- President of the United States Joe Biden downplayed worries over calling Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator” and insisted that his comments did not jeopardize diplomatic efforts to repair strained relations between the two nations.
- China’s response was scathing, labeling Biden’s statement as “utterly absurd and irresponsible.”
Source:
CNBC
