{"id":1950385,"date":"2023-06-18T13:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-with-chinese-foreign-minister-in-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-dim-hopes-for-progress\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:16:08","slug":"blinken-meets-with-chinese-foreign-minister-in-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-dim-hopes-for-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-with-chinese-foreign-minister-in-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-dim-hopes-for-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken visits Beijing, faces criticism and low expectations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fblinken-meets-with-chinese-foreign-minister-in-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-dim-hopes-for-progress%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=1950385&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0618\/efb02c67-d46c-4c8e-bf73-821de7b3dcf0\/audio.mp3?length=8085645&#038;duration=674\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s Controversial Visit to China<\/h2>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently met with Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang during his two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-tells-illegal-migrants-do-not-come\/\" title=\"VP Harris Tells Illegal Migrants: 'Do Not Come'\">-day visit<\/a> to China. However, this trip has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">faced criticism<\/a> from experts and U.S. lawmakers who believe it was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken&#8217;s visit is significant as he is the highest-level American official to set foot in China since President Joe Biden took office. The last secretary of state to visit China was Mike Pompeo in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Despite low expectations for major breakthroughs, Blinken&#8217;s trip is part of Washington&#8217;s ongoing efforts to engage with Beijing. However, the Chinese regime has been resistant to bilateral exchanges on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-blasts-claims-that-ap-reporters-were-lucky-to-get-out-of-building-it-wasnt-luck\/\" title=\"Netanyahu Blasts Claims That AP Reporters Were \u2018Lucky\u2019 To Get Out Of Building: \u2018It Wasn\u2019t Luck\u2019\">military level<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Aggressive Stance<\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s recent provocations, including a dangerous naval maneuver near Taiwan and the discovery of a Chinese spy base in Cuba, have raised concerns about the regime&#8217;s intentions.<\/p>\n<p>While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been increasingly assertive, analysts suggest that they still need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hires-qatari-agent-as-senior-adviser\/\" title=\"Biden Hires Qatari Agent as Senior Adviser\">maintain relations<\/a> with the United States due to their post-COVID economic recovery losing momentum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-with-chinese-foreign-minister-in-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-dim-hopes-for-progress\/\" title=\"Blinken visits Beijing, faces criticism and low expectations.\">declining foreign investment sentiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics argue that the Biden administration should not be pursuing a &#8220;thaw&#8221; in relations with the CCP and should instead focus on protecting American interests.<\/p>\n<h3>Questionable Timing and Perception of Weakness<\/h3>\n<p>Many question why Blinken would choose to meet with Chinese officials now, given China&#8217;s continued aggressive behavior. Some argue that the United States is perceived as operating from a position of weakness.<\/p>\n<p>Experts also highlight the conflict of interest in Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates&#8217; visit to China, as the company continues to do business with China while working with the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the outcome of Blinken&#8217;s visit and its impact on U.S.-China relations remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced criticism for his visit to China, meeting with foreign minister Qin Gang on June 17. Experts and U.S. lawmakers deemed the timing of the trip a mistake and ill-advised. Despite this, Blinken remains the highest-level American official engaging with China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2133,"featured_media":1950386,"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":[543],"tags":[4290,4636,7375,8427,11145],"class_list":["post-1950385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-beijing","tag-blinken","tag-criticism","tag-expectations","tag-visits"],"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\/1950385","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\/2133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}