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A welcome step: on the Blinken-Xi meet in China

The U.S. and China must continue to keep diplomatic (कूटनीतिक, राजनयिक) channels open

The United States and China this week took a much-needed step towards repairing their relations as Antony Blinken visited Beijing, the first visit by a U.S. Secretary of State since 2018. The main takeaway (a key point/idea/fact) from the visit, during which he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, was their agreeing on the need for stability in ties. Mr. Xi told Mr. Blinken that the international community was “concerned” about the current state of relations and “does not want to see conflict or confrontation (आमना-सामना, मुक़ाबला)”. Mr. Blinken said following the talks (dialogue, discussion, discourse, debate, negotiation, deliberation) that “both agree on the need to stabilise our relationship”. Differences (मतभेद, अंतर), no doubt, remain, and the visit expectedly did not yield (give, provide, fetch, generate, bring in) breakthroughs (very important/significant development or progress) on contentious (विवादास्पद, तर्कपूर्ण) issues such as U.S. export curbs (निंयत्रण रखना, संयम) or Taiwan. But the very fact that Mr. Xi met with the visiting U.S. diplomat (official, ambassador, envoy, consul, emissary, chargé d’affaires) was a clear sign of progress given (considering, taking into account, bearing in mind) the cancellation of Mr. Blinken’s visit in February and the rancour (enmity, bitterness, hostility, resentment, ill will) that followed the shooting down (gun down, bring down (an aircraft or missile or something)) of the Chinese “spy balloon” over the U.S. As Mr. Blinken put it, the objective (aim, ambition, goal, target) was to “strengthen (मजबूत करना) high-level challenges of communication, to make clear our positions and intentions in areas of disagreement” and to explore (examine, evaluate, review, take stock of) areas where both “might work together .... on shared transnational (अंतरराष्ट्रीय) challenges”. Asked in Beijing how the Biden administration (प्रशासन) will continue with its attempt to fix relations with China as the domestic discourse (प्रवचन) likely worsens in the lead up to the 2024 elections, he argued that continued engagement (association, involvement, participation) was the best avenue (method, way) to protect U.S. interests (common concerns (in politics/business)), including on trade.

The challenge now is whether they can sustain (continue, carry on, keep up, maintain, bolster up) this effort at arresting (stop, halt, end, restrict, prevent) the slide (fall, decline, slump, tumble, downturn, deterioration) and keep diplomatic channels open, even when the next crisis inevitably (अनिवार्य रूप से) emerges and against the backdrop of increasingly heated (emotional, charged, fraught, intense) domestic political rhetoric (bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language). As Mr. Xi told Mr. Blinken, countries do not want to “choose sides (पक्ष चुनें)”. This is especially true in the region, where nations continue to have deep economic linkages with China and close security ties with the U.S. That Beijing and Washington are appearing to agree on the need for stability should be welcomed, including by India. While shared concerns about China may be a binding (बंधनकारी, आवश्यक) factor, the India-U.S. relationship today has acquired a deeper and broader scope, which will be affirmed (state, declare, assert publicly) this week during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit, in new agreements expected in the defence domain (area, sphere, realm, field (of activity)) and in technology cooperation. In the not-too-distant past (a time that is not very long ago in the past. (“not-too-distant future” means a time that is not very long from now)), high-level visits from Washington to Beijing may have evoked (bring/call to mind; invoke, give rise to, bring forth, induce, arouse) some unease (anxiety, discontent, distress, panic, agitation) in New Delhi, particularly during the short-lived (अल्पकालिक, संक्षिप्त) “G2” phase during the Obama administration, but that is no longer (not any more) the case (the situation, circumstances, conditions, the state of affairs).

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.welcome (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - स्वागत, सहमत
English Meaning - pleasing, agreeable, favourable, promising, much needed.

2.diplomatic (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - कूटनीतिक, राजनयिक
English Meaning - tactful, sensitive, subtle, delicate; consular, foreign-policy.

3.confrontation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आमना-सामना, मुक़ाबला
English Meaning - clash, fight, (armed) conflict, tussle, skirmish.

4.difference (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मतभेद, अंतर
English Meaning - disagreement, difference of opinion, misunderstanding, dispute.

5.contentious (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - विवादास्पद, तर्कपूर्ण
English Meaning - controversial, argumentative, quarrelsome.

6.curb (verb)

Hindi Meaning - निंयत्रण रखना, संयम
English Meaning - restrain, control, limitation, restriction.

7.strengthen (verb)

Hindi Meaning - मजबूत करना
English Meaning - make strong/stronger, support, bolster up, buttress, fortify, reinforce, underpin, shore up.

8.transnational (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अंतरराष्ट्रीय
English Meaning - involving/relating to two/more countries.

9.administration (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रशासन
English Meaning - government, regime.

10.discourse (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रवचन
English Meaning - discussion, debate, talk, conversation, communication, expression.

11.inevitably (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - अनिवार्य रूप से
English Meaning - unavoidably, certainly, definitely.

12.backdrop (noun)

Hindi Meaning - पृष्ठभूमि
English Meaning - situation, scenario, context.

13.choose sides (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - पक्ष चुनें
English Meaning - to agree with one person in a dispute (between two).

14.binding (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - बंधनकारी, आवश्यक
English Meaning - required, essential, imperative, necessary; unalterable, unbreakable.

15.short-lived (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अल्पकालिक, संक्षिप्त
English Meaning - brief, short, short-term, temporary.

16.channel (noun)

English Meaning - means, medium, instrument, mechanism.

17.The U.S. Secretary of State (noun)

English Meaning - a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser.

18.takeaway (noun)

English Meaning - a key point/idea/fact.

19.ties (noun)

English Meaning - association, relationship, bond, connection.

20.talks (noun)

English Meaning - dialogue, discussion, discourse, debate, negotiation, deliberation.

21.yield (verb)

English Meaning - give, provide, fetch, generate, bring in.

22.breakthrough (noun)

English Meaning - very important/significant development or progress.

23.the fact that (phrase)

English Meaning - used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.

24.diplomat (noun)

English Meaning - official, ambassador, envoy, consul, emissary, chargé d’affaires.

25.given (preposition)

English Meaning - considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.

26.rancour (noun)

English Meaning - enmity, bitterness, hostility, resentment, ill will.

27.shoot down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - gun down, bring down (an aircraft or missile or something).

28.spy balloon (or) surveillance balloon (noun)

English Meaning - a type of balloon that is employed as an aerial platform for gathering intelligence and spotting artillery.

29.objective (noun)

English Meaning - aim, ambition, goal, target.

30.make clear (phrase)

English Meaning - explain, clarify, elucidate, spell out.

31.explore (verb)

English Meaning - examine, evaluate, review, take stock of.

32.lead-up to (noun)

English Meaning - circumstances, conditions, situation (before an event).

33.engagement (noun)

English Meaning - association, involvement, participation.

34.avenue (noun)

English Meaning - method, way.

35.interest (noun)

English Meaning - common concerns (in politics/business).

36.sustain (verb)

English Meaning - continue, carry on, keep up, maintain, bolster up.

37.arrest (verb)

English Meaning - stop, halt, end, restrict, prevent.

38.slide (noun)

English Meaning - fall, decline, slump, tumble, downturn, deterioration.

39.increasingly (adverb)

English Meaning - more and more, steadily more, continuously more, gradually more.

40.heated (adjective)

English Meaning - emotional, charged, fraught, intense.

41.rhetoric (noun)

English Meaning - bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.

42.affirm (verb)

English Meaning - state, declare, assert publicly.

43.domain (noun)

English Meaning - area, sphere, realm, field (of activity).

44.not-too-distant past (phrase)

English Meaning - a time that is not very long ago in the past. (“not-too-distant future” means a time that is not very long from now).

45.evoke (verb)

English Meaning - bring/call to mind; invoke, give rise to, bring forth, induce, arouse.

46.unease (noun)

English Meaning - anxiety, discontent, distress, panic, agitation.

47.The Group of Two (G-2 or G2) (noun)

English Meaning - a proposed informal special relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America.

48.no longer (adjective)

English Meaning - not any more.

49.the case (noun)

English Meaning - the situation, circumstances, conditions, the state of affairs.