Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability
by Responsible Statecraft
Responsible Statecraft— Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to Beijing this week in the latest round of high-level diplomacy between the U.S. and China. Since the U.S.–China relationship hit new lows in late 2022 and early 2023 — thanks to incidents like then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and a Chinese spy balloon’s visit to U.S. airspace — both sides have made a welcome effort to slow the slide toward crisis and conflict.This effort has focused on top leaders exchanging views through in-person...
CNN—Choose between stability and ‘downward spiral’ China’s foreign minister tells Blinken during Beijing trip. China and the US face a choice between stability and a “downward spiral,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told counterpart Antony Blinken on Friday in Beijing, as the American diplomat kicked off a day of meetings with top Chinese officials. Blinken’s trip to China – his second in the space of a year – comes as the two global powers seek to expand communication and stabilize rocky ties, while also navigating a host of thorny issues from China’s support for Russia to its aggression in the South...
KIFI—Choose between stability and ‘downward spiral’ China’s foreign minister tells Blinken during Beijing trip. By Jennifer Hansler and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China and the US face a choice between stability and a “downward spiral,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told counterpart Antony Blinken on Friday in Beijing, as the American diplomat kicked off a day of meetings with top Chinese officials. Blinken’s trip to China –
KTVZ—Choose between stability and ‘downward spiral’ China’s foreign minister tells Blinken during Beijing trip. By Jennifer Hansler and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China and the US face a choice between stability and a “downward spiral,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told counterpart Antony Blinken on Friday in Beijing, as the American diplomat kicked off a day of meetings with top Chinese officials. Blinken’s trip to China –