After warnings and worsening ties between China and U.S., Secretary of State Blinken visits Beijing aiming to repair damage, find common ground.
in its war on Ukraine, and is alarmed by the diplomatic and economic inroads China is making around the world, especially in Africa and Latin America, where purported Chinese espionage installations in Cuba grabbed headlines last week.
Part of the Chinese anger comes from an expectation officials there had after Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali last fall — that Washington would become less critical of Beijing’s policies and actions. Instead, tensions deepened, especially over Chinese military activities in the Taiwan Strait.
At best, the Blinken intervention could clear the way for other senior Biden administration officials such as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and John Kerry, presidential envoy for climate, to visit Beijing for talks on their respective portfolios. It is less likely, however, that military-to-military engagement will normalize because Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s counterpart, Gen. Li Shangfu, remains blacklisted by the U.S.
Taiwan’s president meets with Kevin McCarthy in California. What her visit says about Taiwan’s future But the U.S. is playing catch-up. Just in recent weeks, China flexed its influence over a traditionally Russian sphere in Central Asia by gathering Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in a summit. And Blinken’s arrival in Beijing was preceded by the visits of the presidents of Honduras and the Palestinian Authority.
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