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Post by Admin on Jun 5, 2023 14:12:06 GMT
A Chinese warship crossed in front of an American destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. military said on Saturday. The close encounter comes roughly a week after a Chinese fighter jet cut across the flight path of a U.S. reconnaissance plane. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer brings you the latest on these incidents.
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Post by Admin on Jun 19, 2023 17:58:06 GMT
Antony Blinken Speech Live In China | Antony Blinken Meets Xi Jinping | World News | News18 Live
BEIJING, CHINA -- U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken holds news conference at US Embassy in Beijing.
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Post by Admin on Jun 20, 2023 6:16:58 GMT
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a high-stakes trip to Beijing. The U.S.' top diplomat says that both sides agreed to "stabilize ties." CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan reports.
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Post by Admin on Jun 21, 2023 3:32:32 GMT
US President Joe Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraiser in California. His remarks come a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Mr Xi for talks in Beijing, which were aimed at easing tensions between the two superpowers. Mr Xi said some progress had been made in Beijing, while Mr Blinken indicated both sides were open to more talks. China is yet to respond to Mr Biden's comments. President Biden, at the fundraiser on Tuesday night local time, also said Mr Xi was embarrassed over the recent tensions around a Chinese spy balloon that had been blown off course over the US. "The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset, in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box cars full of spy equipment in it, was he didn't know it was there," Mr Biden said. "That's a great embarrassment for dictators. When they didn't know what happened." Mr Blinken's visit to Beijing - the first by a top US diplomat in almost five years - restarted high-level communications between the two countries. Both Mr Biden and Mr Xi hailed it as a welcome development. But Mr Blinken made clear that major differences between the two countries. Washington and Beijing have long locked horns over an array of issues including trade, human rights, and Taiwan. But relations have especially deteriorated in the past year. With the US election looming and tensions with China emerging as a political issue, some Republican senators have attacked the Biden administration for being "soft" on China.
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Post by Admin on Jun 25, 2023 19:44:41 GMT
Secretary of State Antony Blinken stood by President Joe Biden after Biden referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a dictator during a fundraising event Tuesday. “The President always speaks candidly, he speaks directly. He speaks clearly, and he speaks for all of us,” Blinken said Sunday during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Biden’s remarks Tuesday came just days after Blinken returned from a highly anticipated trip to China, where he met with Xi and other high-level Chinese officials in an effort to diminish the tensions that had been rising between the two countries since a Chinese spy balloon was spotted flying over the United States in February. China was quick to respond to Biden’s comments, calling them “a blatant political provocation.” “China expresses strong dissatisfaction and opposition,” said Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, at a regular press briefing, the Associated Press reported. “The U.S. remarks are extremely absurd and irresponsible,” Mao added. On Sunday, Blinken did not make any efforts to walk back the president’s comments. “The main purpose [of the trip] was to bring some greater stability to the relationship. We have an obligation, and I think China has an obligation to manage that relationship responsibly, to make sure that the profound differences we have don’t veer into conflict,” Blinken said. “But one of the things that I said to [my] Chinese counterparts during this trip was that we are going to continue to do things, and say things that you don’t like, just as you’re no doubt going to continue to do and say things that we don’t like.”
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