US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Monday, AFP reported, that China under Xi Jinping is “more aggressive”, but the United States still hopes to work with the Chinese president, who is on the verge of a third term, on some important issues.

The head of American diplomacy mentioned climate change and health problems in the world after the pandemic as areas in which the two countries are interested in cooperation.

Under Mr. Xi’s leadership, China has become “more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad,” Mr. Blinken told a conference at Stanford University in California. “And in many cases it’s a problem of our own interests and values.”

But relations between the two great powers “retain aspects of cooperation,” he added. “Some of the big problems that we have to try to solve are much harder to solve if the US and China don’t work together,” citing climate, global health and the fight against drug trafficking.

“Even if they don’t want to (cooperate), there is a huge demand from the rest of the world,” the US secretary of state insisted. Other countries “expect us to find ways to move forward together on these issues because they affect them as much as we do.

The White House published a “national security strategy” on Wednesday, which reaffirms the strategic priorities of US President Joe Biden.

The document shows that Washington intends to establish itself in the long term against China, reconciling the logic of “competition” with an adversary that has “the desire to change the international order”, while maintaining the logic of “cooperation” with it. a country that remains America’s largest trading partner.

The 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party began on Sunday, and many expect Xi Jinping to win a third term as president.

Beijing “resolutely opposes any form of hegemony and power politics, Cold War mentality, interference in the internal affairs of other countries and double standards,” the Chinese leader said at the opening of the event, clearly referring to the United States, who failed to mention them directly.