Posted on 06/19/2023 5:35:16 AM PDT by FarCenter
Blinken's visit is the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years with ties severely strained between the world's two largest economies.
Speaking following his meeting with Xi, the top US diplomat said he agreed with China's leadership on the need to "stabilise" relations but that he was "clear-eyed" on vast disagreements between the two countries.
"Direct engagement and sustained communication at senior levels is the best way to responsibly manage differences and ensure that competition does not veer into conflict," Blinken told reporters.
"I heard the same from my Chinese counterparts. We both agree on the need to stabilise our relationship," he added.
Xi, China's most powerful leader in decades, met Blinken at the capital's Great Hall of the People, Chinese state media and US officials said.
"The Chinese side has made our position clear and the two sides have agreed to follow through the common understandings President Biden and I had reached in Bali," Xi told the top US diplomat.
"Two sides have also made progress and reached agreement on some specific issues," he added, without elaborating.
"I hope that Secretary Blinken, through this visit, can make positive contributions to stabilising China-US relations."
The meeting, which lasted just over half an hour, came after Blinken held more than 10 hours of talks over two days with other top officials.
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My theory is that China basically already controls Taiwan, as they have moles planted everywhere in the government and industry there.
But they use Taiwan to get secrets from the US, as the US still treats Taiwan as an ally. So it’s useful to keep the charade going.
I agree, in a way...
Perhaps the CCP has controlled China AND Taiwan for years, from the relative safety of Taiwan.
The photo op looks like blinky is shaking the “hand” of a XI cardboard cutout.
If we had Trump, so many things would be working and working better instead of collapsing.
That look on Blinken’s face makes me wonder if the ChiComs have told him they want Trump’s head on a platter...
Or else.
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