Biden's Debunked Mileage Claim Highlights US-China Relations

In New Orleans, President Joe Biden repeated his claim during an event promoting his administration’s “Cancer Moonshot” that he traveled more than 17,000 miles with Chinese President Xi Jinping, pointing to the extent of his travels with him as an interesting anecdote. However, this claim was made by him in order to emphasize his communication with China, and it has recently been verified by fact-checkers from leading publications who evaluated it as highly inaccurate. To be more specific, the Washington Post submitted this statement to a checker machine and received “three Pinocchios”, which shows that a figure stated commonly differs from the reality. This false claim, which has been repeated many times over the years, was also checked in 2021, and the results have shown that the mileage is not that noted by the US President. This makes the White House not have responded to these new demands. As a result, it can be concluded that, on the one hand, the current development of the situation testifies to the special relations between the US and China, and on the other hand, it is necessary to point out that such cases as displayed are an essential part of broader geopolitical narratives that shape the existing international diplomacy and conform to it.