{"id":1950398,"date":"2023-06-18T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-visits-china-on-mission-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:32:05","slug":"blinken-visits-china-on-mission-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-visits-china-on-mission-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken&#8217;s China Visit: Easing Tensions with CCP"},"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\">14<\/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-visits-china-on-mission-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp%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=1950398&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\/815fd50a-269d-4aae-86a3-7149da702dc6\/audio.mp3?length=4329549&#038;duration=361\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/strong> on Sunday kicked off two days of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-visits-china-on-mission-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp\/\" title=\"Blinken's China Visit: Easing Tensions with CCP\">high-stakes diplomatic talks<\/a> in Beijing after months of urging by the Biden administration for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-kicks-off-meetings-in-beijing-on-trip-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp\/\" title=\"Blinken starts Beijing meetings to ease tensions with CCP.\">reestablish normal bilateral communications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken opened his program by meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang for an extended discussion to be followed by a working dinner. He\u2019ll have additional talks with Qin, as well as China\u2019s top diplomat Wang Yi and possibly Chinese leader Xi Jinping, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Blinken nor Qin made any substantive comments to reporters as they began the meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5340459\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/18\/id5340459-Blinken-in-Beijing-GettyImages-1258784648-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) walks with China\u2019s Foreign Minister Qin Gang (R) ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Despite Blinken\u2019s presence in the Chinese capital, prospects for any significant breakthroughs are slim, as already strained ties have grown increasingly fraught in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken is the highest-level American official to set foot in China since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, and the first secretary of state to visit since 2018, when his predecessor Mike Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pompeos-visit-to-beijing-tension-filled-amidst-changed-us-china-relations_2684149.html\">visited China<\/a> for one day.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s trip was previously scheduled in February but it was postponed after Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-spy-ballon-shot-down-falling-toward-atlantic_5034316.html\">shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon<\/a> flying over U.S. airspace on Feb. 4. Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-tom-tiffany-time-for-u-s-to-recognize-reality-by-recognizing-taiwan\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014Rep. Tom Tiffany: Time for U.S. to Recognize Reality by Recognizing Taiwan\">high-level communications<\/a> have been rare.<\/p>\n<p>China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-refusing-talks-with-us-military-at-every-level-pentagon-official_5292360.html\">refused<\/a> regular military communications despite repeated attempts by U.S. officials to engage.<\/p>\n<p>Biden before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Saturday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/06\/17\/remarks-by-president-biden-before-air-force-one-departure-28\/\">told<\/a> reporters that he believes \u201cChina has some legitimate difficulties unrelated to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things that that balloon caused was, not so much that it got shot down, but I don\u2019t think the [Chinese] leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional,\u201d he added, possibly pointing to ongoing disunity within the CCP\u2019s ranks between long-waring factions of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, I\u2019m hoping that, over the next several months, I\u2019ll be meeting with Xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how there\u2019s areas we can get along.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5340326\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/18\/id5340326-Beijing.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) is welcomed by Director General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Yang Tao and U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (L) as he arrives in Beijing on June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>3 Main Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking at a news conference on Friday before departing for Beijing, Blinken said the trip had three main objectives: Setting up mechanisms for crisis management, advancing U.S. and allies\u2019 interests and speaking directly about related concerns, and exploring areas of potential cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we want to make sure, as we do, that the competition that we have with China doesn\u2019t veer into conflict. The place you start is with communicating,\u201d Blinken said. He said he would also be raising the issue of U.S. citizens detained in China on charges Washington sees as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Prospects for any major breakthroughs are dim as ties between the two countries have already become increasingly strained in recent years over a wide range of issues as the CCP more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/uncertainty-marks-the-sixth-russia-china-alliance-after-five-previous-treaty-breaches_5168331.html\">overtly pursues<\/a> its socialist worldview.<\/p>\n<p>But there is an expectation that Blinken\u2019s visit will pave the way for more bilateral meetings in the coming months, including possible trips by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. It could also set the stage for meetings between Xi and Biden at multilateral summits later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns mount that the United States and China\u2019s relations may devolve into a kinetic war.<\/p>\n<p>Any escalation between the two largest economies in the world could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-lands-in-china-on-trip-to-manage-tensions-with-ccp\/\" title=\"Blinken arrives in China to ease tensions with CCP.\">majorly impact global security<\/a> and stability on multiple fronts, from financial markets to trade routes and practices and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-face-masks-dont-prevent-covid-19-study-finds-masks-have-negligible-impact-on-coronavirus-numbers\/\" title=\"CDC: Face masks don\u2019t prevent COVID-19, study finds masks have negligible impact on coronavirus numbers\">global supply chains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CCP has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/beijing-implements-new-policies-to-prepare-for-war-secure-power_5079694.html\">preparing<\/a> its military and population for conflict. Twice in the past month, Xi has warned the Chinese people that they must prepare for \u201cextreme scenarios.\u201d Likewise, the regime is attempting to build up its domestic industrial and economic base in order to ensure continued operation in the event of war.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"post_list\">\n<li class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-adjusts-martial-law-rules-in-preparation-for-war-experts_5093855.html\">China Adjusts Martial Law Rules in Preparation For War: Experts<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/large-scale-protests-in-wuhan-pose-unprecedented-threat-to-the-ccp_5064353.html\">Large-Scale Protests in Wuhan Pose Unprecedented Threat to the CCP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/despite-the-ccps-efforts-protests-in-china-continue_5078091.html\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-banking-fraud-victims-strive-to-have-their-voices-heard_5170354.html\">instability<\/a> at home, Xi has ordered the regime\u2019s military wing to be ready to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/inside-the-ccps-plan-to-conquer-taiwan-and-then-the-world_4894564.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-summari-detected=\"true\">conquer Taiwan<\/a> by 2027, although it\u2019s unclear if the regime has committed to actually conducting such an invasion. Since the start of his presidency, Biden has said multiple times that the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of an attempted invasion from Chi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began crucial diplomatic talks in Beijing, responding to the Biden administration&#8217;s persistent calls for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to restore regular bilateral communication. 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