Biden: We Do Not Seek Conflict/Cold War With China

US President Joe Biden has addressed the deteriorating relations between the US and China in his address to the UNGA.

• Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPq4s04lMg0
• Biden: "China is conducting unprecedented nuclear buildup without transparency."
• Biden: "We do not ask any nation to choose between the US or [China] but the US will be unabashed in promoting our vision..."
• Outlines vision for competition with China: "Investment in design, not to foster dependency but to alleviate burden..." "Partnerships, not to create political obligation, but because [...] our success increases when other nations succeed."
• • Will be criticised by opponents arguing US-led partnerships like Indo-Pacific Economic Framework fail to deliver the free trade benefits of comparable Chinese agreements.
• On Taiwan: "We remain committed to our one-China policy and oppose unilateral changes to the status quo..."
  • Restatement of US Taiwan policy unlikely to convince Beijing that US policy hasn't shifted away from strategic ambiguity. Follows fourth off-the-cuff remark by Biden this week stating that the US would send troops to defend Taiwan.
• On the recent escalation of nuclear risk in Iran, Russia, and North Korea: "A nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought […] The US will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon."