“A cruel, unelected, oppressive dictatorship” – Wiggins voiced strongly on the eve of Xi’s visit to the United States, U.S. differences on the route to China were disclosed

At the time of the visit,President of the U.S. Senate Military Committee, Roger Whig(Roger Wicker) delivered a policy speech in the Senate, asking the Trump administration not only to discuss trade and artificial intelligence when meeting with Xi Jinping, but also to put security issues such as China’s military expansion, human rights, and relations with Iran on the table.

In a speech to the Senate on September 22, Wick said that Trump should always bear in mind that his guest is a “brutal, unelected, oppressive dictator” when he talks with Chinese leadership; he also claimed that China is conducting a massive military expansion and linking relevant military forces directly to U.S. security. The speech summary released by the Wick Office also lists issues such as Xinjiang’s human rights, China’s relationship with Iran and so-called international coercion. The specific allegations on human rights, Iranian intelligence cooperation and military intentions above are political judgments and statements of Wick and need to be separated from independently proven facts.

The speech was not only attracted to the speech, but also to the special status of the speaker. Whig, a Republican Mississippi federal senator and chairman of the Senate military committee, was directly involved in U.S. defense mandate, military spending and Indo-Pacific security policy discussions. He did not deny the need for high-level dialogue between China and the U.S. and acknowledged that trade and artificial intelligence could make progress, but explicitly called for the White House not to let economic issues press security, human rights and regional order issues.

State visit arrangements announced by the White House on September 21Trump and First Lady Melania will be welcomed by Xi and Pence in full state visits: including Andrew’s Joint Base, White House South Grass welcoming ceremonies, military ceremonies, national banquet and follow-up events. The White House described the visit as an important node in China-US relations and arranged large-scale ceremonies.

China's Foreign Ministry announced on September 23Xi Jinping left Beijing on the afternoon, on the invitation of U.S. President Trump to make a state visit to the United States, scheduled for September 23-25. The Chinese officials currently place this visit on the agenda of diplomatic and bilateral relations between the two heads of state, and did not respond to the concrete criticism of Wix in the message of departure.

From a political perspective, this debate revealed not a simple "US strong or weak against China" secondary election, but a different ranking of U.S. internal policy priorities against China. The White House currently emphasizes negotiable topics such as leaders' communication, trade and artificial intelligence, andins the diplomatic space of the head of state through high-specific reception; the congressional security faction represented by Weihai demands that military balance, human rights and security allies be placed in the forefront. The two do not necessarily exclude each other, but will directly affect the negotiating atmosphere, congressional follow-up legislation and the political boundaries of U.S. policy towards China.

Another important sign of Wick’s speech is that the U.S. Congress is pushing competition against China further from abstract strategic slogans to specific negotiations. The chairman of the Senate Military Committee has openly asked the president to discuss China’s military expansion at the summit, essentially by putting agenda pressure on the administrative department. Even if the White House hopes to heat up negotiations through rituals and personal relationships, Congress can still shape the policy environment through budgets, arms sales, sanctions, export control and defense authorization laws.

For Beijing, what is really worth observing is not a sharp criticism itself, but whether this criticism can translate into institutional policy. The President of the United States holds important powers in foreign negotiations and administrative policy, but Congress controls allocations, legislation and supervision. Whig’s statement as the chairman of the Senate Military Committee therefore has a political meaning beyond the general party speech; but it is still part of the domestic political and policy debate of the United States, and can not automatically equate to the U.S. government’s new unified line to China.

The controversy also shows that the meeting between Trump and Xi is facing an agenda that includes cooperation and competition at the same time: trade, artificial intelligence, strategic stability and bilateral communication need negotiation space; Taiwan, military deployment, human rights, Iran and Indo-Pacific security continue to create pressure.

The next thing to look at is whether Trump responded publicly to the issues raised by Wikileaks during the formal talks and during the national banquet, and how much military, human rights and artificial intelligence represented in the post-session joint statement, White House statement and Congressional response respectively. The real impact of this public objection can be judged not by the political sound of the speech, but by whether it changed the agenda, policy documents and subsequent legislation.