US using Taiwan card risks imperiling ties

Editor's note: The Taiwan question is at the core of Sino-US relations. By disregarding it and ignoring Beijing's strong opposition to visit Taiwan on Aug 2, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has violated the one-China principle which the US and its leaders are obliged to adhere to according to the three Sino-US joint communiques that Washington has signed. Two experts share their views on the impact of Pelosi's move and overall Sino-US ties with China Daily.

After President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden spoke on the telephone, at the request of the latter, for more than two hours on July 28, China issued a news release, saying the two heads of state had a "candid communication and exchange on China-US relations and issues of interest" while the White House's readout said the phone call was intended to "maintain and deepen lines of communication between the United States and China and responsibly manage our differences and work together where our interests align".

Indeed, the protracted strains in China-US relations, the recent heightened tensions, in particular, make interactions at the strategic level between the two heads of state all the more important. Yet the US has been repeating that it wants to "responsibly manage our differences and work together" and doing just the opposite.