CHINA SOFT PEDALS BIDENS PLEDGE TO TAKE CHINA HEAD ON IN A TWO-PRONGED POLICY APPROACH

• China gave a stifled response to US President Joe Biden's twin policy approach of dealing with Beijing on challenges it posed and cooperation to get going with American interests.
• This was stating that both countries can achieve "big things" together and their common interests far outweigh their differences.

In his first foreign policy address, US President Biden on Thursday described China as....