{"id":1947544,"date":"2023-06-14T18:48:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-hopes-blinken-visit-will-reduce-risk-of-potential-conflict-with-china\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:49:47","slug":"us-hopes-blinken-visit-will-reduce-risk-of-potential-conflict-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-hopes-blinken-visit-will-reduce-risk-of-potential-conflict-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"US hopes Blinken visit will &#8216;lower chances&#8217; of &#8216;possible clash&#8217; with China."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-hopes-blinken-visit-will-reduce-risk-of-potential-conflict-with-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden Sends High-Level Delegation to China to Reduce Risk of Conflict<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-says-transportation-department-working-to-avert-summer-travel-disruptions-amid-demand-surge\/\" title=\"Buttigieg: Transportation Dept. Preventing Summer Travel Disruptions Amid High Demand.\">taking proactive measures<\/a> to address the potential conflict with China by sending a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-threatens-u-s-over-expected-diplomatic-olympic-boycott-china-will-take-firm-countermeasures\/\" title=\"China Threatens U.S. Over Expected Diplomatic Olympic Boycott: \u2018China Will Take Firm Countermeasures\u2019\">high-level delegation<\/a> to engage in critical discussions. The goal is to reduce the risk of miscalculation and avoid any escalation that could lead to conflict, according to senior United States officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is a really critical series of engagements &#8230; that we again hope will, at a minimum, reduce the risk of miscalculation so that we do not veer into potential conflict,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Assistant Secretary Daniel Kritenbrink<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s administration has been actively seeking to improve direct communication with China, driven by recent &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-officials-worked-with-big-tech-to-censor-election-misinformation-on-social-media\/\" title=\"BREAKING: DOCUMENTS: Facebook And Twitter Were Told By Biden Campaign What To Censor On Social Media\">dangerous incidents<\/a>&#8221; involving Chinese military harassment of U.S. ships and planes in the Indo-Pacific region. China, which had previously halted such communication processes, took a confrontational stance in a pre-trip conversation with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Since the beginning of the year, Sino-U.S. relations have encountered new difficulties and challenges, and the responsibility is clear,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The trip announcement comes shortly after the revelation that Chinese officials have established an intelligence outpost in Cuba, further highlighting the need for diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Campbell, the White House National Security Council&#8217;s coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, emphasized the importance of intense diplomacy in managing tensions and clearing up misperceptions.<\/p>\n<p>China has been cutting off communication with the United States while increasing close encounters between their militaries, signaling their desire for the U.S. to withdraw from the Western Pacific and abandon alliances and partnerships. In response, the Pentagon has been highlighting China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-hopes-blinken-visit-will-reduce-risk-of-potential-conflict-with-china\/\" title=\"US hopes Blinken visit will 'lower chances' of 'possible clash' with China.\">risky military behavior<\/a> to raise awareness among Indo-Pacific countries.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made it clear that the U.S. will not be deterred by dangerous operational behavior and will support allies and partners in defending themselves against coercion and bullying.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges, Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink noted that there have been substantive and productive exchanges with Chinese officials, indicating a shared interest in reducing the risk of miscalculation and stopping the downward spiral in the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>While there may not be immediate breakthroughs or transformation in the way the U.S. and China deal with each other, the delegation is approaching the discussions with a realistic and confident approach, aiming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-calls-for-peace-and-stability-with-taiwan-in-meeting-with-ccp-counterpart-2\/\" title=\"Blinken Calls for \"Peace and Stability\" with Taiwan in Meeting with CCP Counterpart\">manage competition responsibly<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is dispatching a top-level team to China to mitigate the possibility of conflict and enhance relations with the communist government. US officials emphasize the significance of these engagements, aiming to minimize miscalculations and foster a safer environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1947545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4636,8515,4501,5673,13465,11560,4715,7241],"class_list":["post-1947544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-blinken","tag-chances","tag-china","tag-clash","tag-hopes","tag-lower","tag-possible","tag-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}