US President Joe Biden meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference. Archival photoMOSCOW, 1 Aug. US President Joe Biden showed weakness in a telephone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the Taiwan issue, indicating the end of the era of a unipolar world led by Washington, geopolitics expert Francis Sempa wrote in an article for the American Spectator magazine. According to him, media reports about the content of the politicians' conversation suggest that Xi Jinping did not hesitate to sternly warn Biden against interfering in the situation with Taiwan. At the same time, the White House chose not to mention the warning of the Chinese leader in the transcript of the dialogue. “You should not expect Biden to admit that Xi Jinping “smashed him to smithereens.” But, apparently, this is exactly what happened during their long conversation. <…> If anyone doubted that the unipolar world led by the United States is over, then the conversation between Biden and Xi Jinping is a clear confirmation of this,» Sempa said. The analyst believes that China feels weak and disunited in the United States, and also takes into account Biden's hesitation at press conferences and the fall of his approval rating in the country to an all-time low. «More importantly, China watched the US fail to withdraw troops from Afghanistan under the Biden administration,» the AS article says. The U.S. and Chinese leaders took place on Thursday, amid reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might visit Taiwan. These plans caused a sharply negative reaction from Beijing, the White House did not publicly comment on Pelosi's plans, leaving her the right to decide on the trip. ,4 billion people, is «unshakable» on the issue of protecting China's state sovereignty and territorial integrity. Taiwan
