US playing Taiwan card against China only self defeating, said Amb. Qin ahead of Xi Biden meet

Ambassador Qin Gang s speech came on the same day when Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a phone conversation on November 13. The talk between the two was a preparation from both sides for a virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, which is scheduled on November 16. In the phone call, Wang stressed the importance of working in the same direction and told the U. S. not to send wrong signals to the Taiwan independence