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Fu Cong: Passing the US resolution on the Strait of Bahrain will not help solve the problem | International | Central News Agency CNA
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Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Taipei, 16th) Reuters reported that China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Fu Cong said on the 15th that the United States and Bahrain jointly sponsored a draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz. The relevant content and the timing of the proposal were inappropriate, and passing the draft would not help solve the Strait of Hormuz issue. Reuters reported on the 15th that the draft resolution between the United States and Bahrain requires Iran to stop attacks and mine-laying activities in the Strait of Hormuz. Diplomats believe that if the draft comes to a vote, it is likely to be rejected by Russia and China. In a vote last month, China and Russia vetoed the draft supported by the United States, saying that the content of the draft was biased against Iran. The report cited an instant interview with Fu Cong released by the Pass Blue news website. When asked about the draft resolution between the United States and Bahrain, Fu Cong said, “We think the content of the draft is inappropriate and the timing of the proposal is inappropriate. What we need is to urge the warring parties to negotiate seriously and sincerely to resolve the issue.” Fu Cong said, “We do not believe that passing this draft resolution at this stage will help solve the problem.” As the rotating president of the Security Council, China has the responsibility to arrange a vote on the draft, but so far it has not received any application. U.S. President Trump concluded his visit to China on the 15th. According to a summary released by the White House after the Trump-Xi meeting, the United States and China agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to ensure the free flow of energy. China opposed the militarization of the Strait of Hormuz and any collection of tolls. Both sides agreed that Iran cannot possess nuclear weapons. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the 15th that the recent ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been welcomed by the international community, and the waterway should be reopened as soon as possible to jointly maintain the stability and smoothness of the global production and supply chain. (Editor: Chen Kaiyu/Zhou Huiying) 1150516 Support Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of sponsorship to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.



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Analysis of US-China statements highlighting differences: Beijing may use Xi Jinping’s return visit in September to constrain arms sales to Taiwan | International | Central News Agency CNA
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2026/5/15 13:29 (updated at 5/15 14:26) Please agree to our privacy policy to enable the news listening function. U.S. President Trump (front right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (front left) visited Zhongnanhai Garden together on the 15th. (Reuters) (Central News Agency, Beijing, comprehensive foreign news report on the 15th) Washington has set the tone of the Trump-Xi meeting on the 14th as a restart of trade relations, while Beijing regards it as the beginning of establishing “strategic stability”, showing that the two sides still have huge differences in their views on U.S.-China relations. Analysts also pointed out that Beijing may use Trump’s invitation to Xi Jinping for a return visit in September as a bargaining chip to curb arms sales to Taiwan. U.S. President Trump will visit China from May 13 to 15 and have a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 14th. Today is the last day of the trip. The two had tea in the morning, followed by a work lunch. Trump left Beijing after noon on the 15th. The New York Times pointed out that Xi Jinping invited Trump to Zhongnanhai this morning in return for Trump’s reception at the Mar-a-Lago Club during his visit to the United States in 2017. Zhongnanhai was a royal garden in the Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the Communist Party of China in the 1950s, it became a closed headquarters where CCP leaders lived and worked. Foreign leaders were rarely received here. Trump did not visit Zhongnanhai when he visited Beijing in 2017. Shen Dingli, a scholar at the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, said that arranging the meeting in Zhongnanhai could highlight the personal relationship between Trump and Xi Jinping. While in Zhongnanhai, Trump told the media that they had reached a “great trade deal,” but did not elaborate on the details. The Wall Street Journal pointed out that the statements issued by the United States and China on the 14th meeting between Trump and Xi were carefully worded and avoided directly revealing their differences. The White House described the summit as a pragmatic restart of trade, while Beijing described it as the first step in establishing a multi-year “strategic stability” architecture. The White House highlights opportunities for U.S. companies to enter the Chinese market and Chinese investment in the United States. The minutes of the U.S. talks also included the two sides agreeing that the Strait of Hormuz “must remain open” and that Iran “must not possess nuclear weapons.” Trump also invited Xi Jinping to pay a state visit to the White House on September 24 at a state banquet hosted by China on the evening of the 14th. The statement issued by China focuses on controlling differences and setting boundaries for competition, positioning it as a bilateral structure for establishing a “constructive strategic and stable relationship” to contain domestic forces in the United States that advocate a tougher stance against China. The Wall Street Journal believes that taken together, this shows that Xi Jinping intends to shape a more predictable U.S.-China relationship during the remainder of Trump’s term, hoping to make Trump promise that the United States will exercise self-restraint – not to suddenly impose tariffs, not to impose sanctions rashly, and not to make so-called provocations on Beijing’s red line issues. Analysts pointed out that Beijing is trying to define the rules of bilateral relations by clearly tying the Taiwan issue to the U.S.-China bilateral strategic stability architecture. Daniel Conda, partner of the Washington think tank Asia Group and former senior U.S. diplomat Kritenbrink said: “This is tantamount to telling the United States that you cannot want to establish constructive strategic stability while failing to handle Taiwan. We will not let you take it all. Later, when China is dissatisfied with certain actions of the United States, it will use this to accuse the United States of violating the consensus between the leaders of the two countries.” Trump did not answer when asked by the media in the Temple of Heaven after the Trump-Xi meeting yesterday whether he had talked about Taiwan; U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Rubio said in an exclusive interview with the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) after the meeting on the 14th that the U.S. policy towards Taiwan has not changed so far, and the issue of arms sales to Taiwan is not the focus of the Trump-Xi meeting. However, Trump invited Xi Jinping to visit the White House on September 24. Analysts believe that Beijing may also use this visit commitment as a means of pressure to delay some decisions that Washington does not want to make, including arms sales to Taiwan. (Compiled by: Chen Yiwei) 1150515 Support the Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of support to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.



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