Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.
Blinken was to begin two days of talks with senior Chinese officials in the afternoon. He is the highest-level American official to visit China since President Biden took office and the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years.Chinese surveillance balloonYet prospects for any significant breakthrough on the most vexing issues facing the planet's two largest economies are slim, as already ties have grown increasingly fraught in recent years.
U.S. officials said before Blinken's departure from Washington on Friday that he would raise each of them, though neither side has shown any inclination to back down on their positions. "I believe that the foundation of Sino-U.S. relations lies in the people," Xi said to Gates."Under the current world situation, we can carry out various activities that benefit our two countries, the people of our countries, and the entire human race."
But those have been punctuated by bursts of angry rhetoric from both sides over the Taiwan Strait, their broader intentions in the Indo-Pacific, China's refusal to condemn Russia for its war against Ukraine, and U.S. allegations from Washington that Beijing is attempting to boost its worldwide surveillance capabilities,And, earlier this month, China's defense minister rebuffed a request from U.S.
That followed a similar retort earlier in the week when China said Qin had in a phone call with Blinken urged the United States to respect"China's core concerns" such as the issue of Taiwan's self-rule, and"stop interfering in China's internal affairs, and stop harming China's sovereignty, security and development interests in the name of competition."
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