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Heritage Foundation vice president discusses if China would risk getting involved in Russia’s war on Ukraine on ‘Your World.’<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t get your hopes up, but President Biden will hold a call with China\u2019s President Xi Jinping on Friday to talk about Ukraine and other matters. As you know, China signed a $117 billion oil and gas deal with Russia on Feb. 4 and gave tacit support for Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Is China sorry? Apparently not. The U.S. and NATO are still the “culprits of the crisis” in Ukraine, China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zshao Lijian charged on Thursday.<\/p>\n
However, Beijing was surprised by Ukraine\u2019s fierce resistance and Russia’s military blunders. The Ukraine crisis has “reached a stage that Chinese side does not want to see,” official Yang Jiechi delicately admitted after meeting with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Rome on Monday.<\/p>\n
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(AP\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to say if China would help pressure ally Putin to stop his barbaric war on Ukraine. Remember, anything Biden says to Xi will also get to Putin. With that in mind, here are five messages Biden must send to Xi \u2013 and one topic I hope Biden won\u2019t bring up. <\/p>\n 1) “Putin must fail.”<\/strong> \u2013 Priority one for this meeting isn\u2019t trade; this is Biden\u2019s chance to deliver the strong message that invading neighbors and nuclear blackmail won\u2019t work. Biden must make clear to Xi Jinping that America is committed to “making sure Ukraine will never be a victory for Putin,” as Biden said from the White House Wednesday. Or as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson put it earlier: “Putin must fail and be seen to fail.” Remember, what Biden says to Xi will get back to Putin, fast.<\/p>\n 2) “Don\u2019t help Putin or mess with the Russia sanctions.” \u2013 <\/strong>After his “intense, candid” meeting in Rome, Sullivan said, “We have communicated to Beijing that we will not stand by and allow any country to compensate Russia for its losses from the economic sanctions.” Biden should drive that point home to Xi in plain language. The same goes for military equipment.<\/p>\n “If China does choose to materially support Russia in this war, there will likely be consequences for China in that regard,” a senior U.S. defense official said on a call with reporters on Monday. Biden should make that point, too.<\/p>\n 3) “Taiwan is a sovereign nation and America will defend Taiwan if you attack.”<\/strong> \u2013 China\u2019s military threat to Taiwan grew all year until Russia\u2019s war knocked it out of the headlines. Biden should tell Xi that given China\u2019s support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, America\u2019s policy of “strategic ambiguity” for Taiwan is no longer enough. Now is the time for direct recognition of Taiwan and full military support. Taiwan is a thriving free-market democracy with 23 million people. It\u2019s not acceptable for China to seize it just because they couldn\u2019t back in 1949.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s hope Biden can make the Ukraine crisis into a stark warning for China.<\/p>\n 4) “I\u2019m planning a visit to Taiwan and more arms sales.”<\/strong> \u2013 Okay, it\u2019s not on the White House calendar, but let China stew on the idea of a Biden visit. Biden did dispatch five senior statesmen including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen and former Defense Undersecretary Michel Flournoy to Taiwan earlier this month. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Taiwan, too. Biden should come bearing gifts. President Donald J. Trump resumed defensive arms sales to Taiwan and Biden has wisely continued them. Sales should increase. Let\u2019s not go slow arming Taiwan as we did with Ukraine.<\/p>\n 5) “I\u2019m cutting back on Chinese student visas.”<\/strong> \u2013 Biden should make China feel some direct pain for supporting Russia. Last year 317,229 Chinese students were enrolled at American colleges and universities, up from 157,558 in 2010. A lot of them get caught stealing American science and trade secrets. Instead of leading to friendships, the student visa program has led to espionage. Denying student visas is long overdue.<\/p>\n Finally, here\u2019s the one topic I don\u2019t want Biden to raise with Xi Jinping: climate change.<\/p>\n China is a climate monster. China generates 28% of the planet\u2019s yearly carbon dioxide emissions and won\u2019t even start to cut back carbon emissions until 2030. Team Biden has already wasted too much international political capital chasing climate accords. It needs to be off the table until there\u2019s a cease-fire in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Biden\u2019s made a number of bad policy decisions on China, such as reversing the ban on TikTok, ending the Justice Department\u2019s program to root out Chinese spies in universities, and giving China\u2019s solar panel imports a loophole. Let\u2019s hope Biden can make the Ukraine crisis into a stark warning for China.<\/p>\n The U.S. can\u2019t let China conclude that they can invade a neighbor and use nuclear blackmail to sideline America.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/b5b6b70e-0cdd-4da0-afe5-743d072321ce\/8775efe6-4553-4790-9144-0d0eb3be1cb2\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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