US China policy chief meets Beijing's top borders official
by AFP Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2023
The top US official on China policy has held "constructive and candid" talks with the Chinese borders chief in Beijing, the State Department said Friday.
Mark B. Lambert, the U.S. Department of State China coordinator and deputy assistant secretary for China and Taiwan, met the Chinese Director-General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang on Friday.
"The two sides held substantive, constructive, and candid discussions on a range of maritime issues, including the situation in the South China Sea and East China Sea," the State Department said in a statement.
It said the US "underscored concerns" with Beijing's "dangerous and unlawful actions in the South China Sea," including China's "obstruction" last month of a Philippine resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal and "its unsafe intercept of a U.S. aircraft on October 24."
The meeting follows other recent high-level diplomacy, including talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Washington as the two countries try to smooth ties.
Artificial Intelligence Analysis
Objectives:
The US Department of State China coordinator and deputy assistant secretary for China and Taiwan, Mark B. Lambert, met the Chinese Director General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang to discuss the situation in the South China Sea and East China Sea. Current
State-of-the-Art and Limitations:
The meeting follows other recent high level diplomatic talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Washington as the two countries try to smooth ties. New Approach and Why it will Succeed:
The US and Chinese officials held substantive, constructive, and candid discussions on a range of maritime issues. The US underscored its concerns with Beijings dangerous and unlawful actions in the South China Sea, including Chinas obstruction of a Philippine resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal and its unsafe intercept of a US aircraft on October 2
4. Target Audience and Impact:
The target audience is the US and China, with the impact being the smoothing of ties between the two countries. Risks:
If the talks are not successful, it could lead to further deterioration of diplomatic relations between the US and China.
Cost:
Unknown.
Timeline:
Unknown.
Success Metrics:
Unknown.
Score for Ability to Interest DARPA: 0/10
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