Biden's China Relations: From Spy Balloons to Warnings on Taiwan.
President Biden predicts a "thaw" in U.S.-China relations after the "silly" surveillance balloon incident earlier this year. Tensions between the two global powers had heightened due to the pandemic and economic issues, and were further exacerbated in March after the Biden administration shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon that had floated for days over U.S. airspace. Leaders at the G7 summit urged China to pressure Russia to end the war. Biden stressed the G7's position on China, as released in a joint communiqué: "We're not looking to decouple from China, we're looking to de-risk and diversify our relationship with China."