President Joe Biden revealed in a graduate class speech at the U.S. Naval Academy that Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him that democracies were slowing down and that “self-government would rule the world.”
Joe Biden, who recently travelled to Asia to meet with Quad leaders (heads of state from India, Japan, Australia, and the United States), spoke about the phone call he had made to Xi Jinping the day before. was elected the 46th President of the United States. During the phone call, the American president said: “We live in a global battle between autocracy and democracy. He called me to congratulate me on election night, as he told me many times. Before. ” He said, “Democracies cannot be sustained in the 21st century.” Autocracies will run the world. Why? Things are changing so rapidly. Democracies require consensus, and it takes time, and you don’t have the time. He was wrong. “
He continued, “Each of you, when you enter the world, will not only be a proud member of the United States Armed Forces; you will be the representatives and defenders of our democracy.” It sounds banal, “but, literally, our democracy. That’s why you didn’t swear to me as your commander-in-chief or political leader, but to the constitution. “
Relations between China and the United States have always been turbulent, with their different government philosophies at the centre of the differences.
The latest tension between the countries is due to the issue of Taiwan, which China thinks is part of its country but another government has been established with the United States. During a meeting with Quad leaders, Biden also reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to security in the Straits of Taiwan and to unilaterally preventing any change in the status quo.
