# US-China Competition ### Common theme: establish guardrails for competition "The meeting itself was really about the two leaders discussing ways to manage the competition between the United States and China responsibly and ways to establish guardrails for that competition," the official said. "That was a theme throughout the conversation." "It seems to me our responsibility as leaders of China and the United States is to ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended," Biden said in opening remarks, seated at a table in the Roosevelt Room. Xi called Biden an "old friend" — the two leaders traveled together when they were both vice presidents — and said their countries need to "increase communication and cooperation." Source: Article on Biden-Xi Summit https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-xi-hold-virtual-summit-amid-escalating-u-s-china-n1283925 ### [[Biden Infrastructure Bill]] "This infrastructure bill is essential and important for many reasons, but one of which is: For the first time in 20 years, we will be investing more in infrastructure than China," Psaki said. Source: Article on Biden-Xi Summit https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-xi-hold-virtual-summit-amid-escalating-u-s-china-n1283925 ### [[Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] propaganda on state of [[Democracy]] in the [[US]] (which isn't entirely wrong...) https://twitter.com/leee_harris/status/1468552193930412035?s=20 China’s foreign ministry released this new white paper, “The State of Democracy in the United States”: https://mfa.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202112/t20211205_10462535.html ![[20211208_160136.jpg]] “Unprecedented wave of mergers and a crippling erosion of the diversity and independence of the US media” ![[20211208_160200.jpg]] Critical of how U.S. uses soft power and NGOs to “brainwash local people with American values,” prior to interference particularly in LatAm and Caribbean. ![[20211208_160219.jpg]] The report was published ahead of Biden’s upcoming “Democracy Summit” which starts tomorrow. It concludes that the U.S. places “too much emphasis on procedural or formal democracy at the expense of substantive democracy and its outcome.”