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IntroductionChina's State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong and U.S. Homeland Security Sec
China's State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met in Vienna, Austria on Sunday local time, discussing bilateral cooperation in drug control and law enforcement. The Chinese side also urged Washington to stop harassing and interrogating Chinese students for no reason, and ensure that Chinese citizens enjoy fair entry treatment.
Analysts said the continuation of high-level exchanges between Chinese and American senior officials demonstrates a shared desire to manage and stabilize bilateral ties, but this requires both sides, especially the U.S., to actively respond to each other's concerns, rather than shirking responsibility and setting obstacles.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the two officials had candid, in-depth and constructive communication on implementing the consensus reached at the San Francisco meeting between the two countries' heads of state, advancing bilateral cooperation in drug control and law enforcement, and addressing each other's concerns.
In the readout released by the Chinese side, Wang urged the U.S. side to stop harassing and interrogating Chinese students for no reason, take concrete and effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese diplomatic and consular missions and personnel in the U.S., and lift visa restrictions on relevant Chinese institutions and personnel.
The readout released by U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not mention China's concerns, instead placing the emphasis on "advancing cooperation in the fight against the scourge of fentanyl, its precursor chemicals, and associated equipment."
In the post-meeting release from the Chinese side, Wang urged the U.S. to correct the mistake of listing China as a "major drug source country."
The Chinese minister said he hopes that the two sides will uphold the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, respect each other's core interests and major concerns, and remove obstacles to bilateral drug control and law enforcement cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.
"A series of actions by the U.S. side against Chinese personnel are clearly setting up obstacles to drug control cooperation. China, on the other hand, looks at the possibility of cooperation between the two departments in the judicial and other fields from a broader perspective," said Lü Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
According to media reports, since November 2023, multiple Chinese students were subjected to lengthy interrogations, and their cellphones, computers and other electronic devices were inspected without just cause when entering the U.S.. Some of them saw their visas revoked and were given five-year bans from entering the U.S..
The Chinese government has expressed strong opposition to the U.S. several times over these incidents. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin in January slammed the U.S. move as "a clear case of selective, discriminatory and politically motivated law enforcement," which overstretched the concept of national security, and poisoned the atmosphere of China-U.S. people-to-people exchanges.
From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's statement, it is likely that the U.S. side did not listen to the concerns expressed by the Chinese side, Lü said.
If the U.S. needs China's cooperation to solve its fentanyl problem, it needs to inform the Chinese side of its situation first, such as the drug circulation, the domestic law enforcement system against drug abuse, and the prevention system, if they have one, the expert said, adding that "over-emphasizing precursors shifts the blame to others, while evading its own responsibilities."
The U.S. has five percent of the world's population, but consumes 80 percent of the world's opioids. Yet the U.S. still has not permanently scheduled fentanyl-related substances as a class. There are also drug injection sites in many parts of the country, and even Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has tested positive for drugs.
China does not want to see the U.S. become "a major drug-abuse country," said Lü, "in such a chaotic situation within the U.S., it is very unfair, unreasonable and impolite to ask China to take the blame and responsibility."
The latest Wang-Mayorkas meeting came on the heels of a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday. Experts viewed the continuation of high-level exchanges as a demonstration of shared will to stabilize the relationship and offset uncertainties ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
China is looking to enhance people-to-people exchanges as the cornerstone of ensuring the stability of bilateral ties, while the U.S. is being short-sighted in asking, or even forcing Beijing to cooperate with it to solve its domestic problems, according to Li Haidong, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs University.
The U.S. often asks other countries to cooperate with its needs, while others' concerns are usually ignored unless there are special interests for Washington, Li said.
In China-U.S. relations, both sides have their own priorities and concerns, which require positive responses from the other side to bring about a real stable relationship, the expert said.
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