{"id":1950712,"date":"2023-06-19T05:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-chinese-leader-xi-chinas-top-diplomat-on-2nd-day-of-trip\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T05:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:04:21","slug":"blinken-meets-chinese-leader-xi-chinas-top-diplomat-on-2nd-day-of-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-chinese-leader-xi-chinas-top-diplomat-on-2nd-day-of-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken meets China&#8217;s top diplomat Xi on second day of trip."},"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\">22<\/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-chinese-leader-xi-chinas-top-diplomat-on-2nd-day-of-trip%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=1950712&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<h2>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Meets Chinese Leader Xi Jinping<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday, hours after concluding his talks with China\u2019s top diplomat Wang Yi.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken arrived in China on June 17 for the start of a two-day visit, a trip that the Biden administration seeks 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\">maintain open lines<\/a> of communication with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/blinken-meets-chinese-foreign-minister-in-a-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-and-dim-hopes-for-progress_5340477.html\">met with<\/a> Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, and their talks have been characterized as \u201ccandid\u201d and \u201cconstructive\u201d by officials from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>According to China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-judge-orders-dem-sec-of-state-to-release-all-communications-with-dominion-facebook-apple-amazon-and-google\/\" title=\"MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google\">state-run media<\/a>, the Xi and Blinken meeting will take place soon.<\/p>\n<p>Hours earlier, Blinken and Wang shook hands and posed for photos, before the start of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement following talks with Wang, the State Department said Blinken <strong>\u201cunderscored the importance of responsibly managing the competition between the United States and the PRC [People\u2019s Republic of China] through open channels of communication to ensure competition does not veer into conflict.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During their talks, Wang accused the United States of having a <strong>\u201cflawed perception\u201d of China, resulting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-chinese-leader-xi-chinas-top-diplomat-on-2nd-day-of-trip\/\" title=\"Blinken meets China's top diplomat Xi on second day of trip.\">current strained bilateral relationship<\/a><\/strong>, according to a statement from China\u2019s foreign ministry. Wang asked the U.S. side to <strong>\u201creflect deeply\u201d and work with Beijing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Chinese statement, Wang also demanded that the United States lift its sanctions against China and support its territorial claim over Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-blacklists-5-chinese-companies-for-allegedly-aiding-russian-army_4566682.html\">imposed<\/a> trade restrictions against Chinese companies and entities in recent years. Recent examples include adding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/washington-restricts-us-exports-to-28-chinese-entities-citing-alleged-ties-to-iranian-military_5097247.html%5C\">28 Chinese entities<\/a> to a U.S. blacklist in March, for their alleged ties to the Iranian military.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5341547\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/19\/id5341547-GettyImages-1258804807-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with China\u2019s Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Leah Millis\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>Prior to Blinken\u2019s trip, a group of GOP lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/exclusive-republican-letter-asks-blinken-to-visit-taiwan-en-route-to-china_5338210.html\">wrote to the secretary of state<\/a> asking him to add a stopover in Taiwan to his itinerary. The communist regime has repeatedly threatened to use military force to annex the self-ruled island.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s trip, which marks the highest-ranking U.S. official since President Joe Biden took office to visit China, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/blinken-meets-chinese-foreign-minister-in-a-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-and-dim-hopes-for-progress_5340477.html\">drawing criticism<\/a> from some Republicans and experts as a mistake, with some pointing to China\u2019s recent aggressive tactics against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the U.S. military had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/chinese-spy-ballon-shot-down-falling-toward-atlantic_5034316.html\">shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon<\/a>, after it flew over the continental United States for about a week. Recently, the Biden administration revealed that China has been operating a base with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-administration-confirms-chinese-spy-base-in-cuba-shifts-blame-to-trump_5328786.html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-meets-chinese-foreign-minister-in-a-rare-trip-to-beijing-amid-criticism-and-dim-hopes-for-progress\/\" title=\"Blinken visits Beijing amidst criticism and low expectations for progress, meets Chinese Foreign Minister.\">intelligence-collecting capabilities<\/a> in Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken was originally going to visit China in February, but his trip was postponed after the Chinese spy balloon made headlines in the United States.<\/p>\n<h2>Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster suggested that Blinken may have put the United States in a <strong>position of weakness<\/strong> by visiting China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Secretary Blinken\u2019s visit there, it may portray a bit of weakness,\u201d McMaster told CBS\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/h-r-mcmaster-former-national-security-adviser-face-the-nation-june-18-2023\/\">Face the Nation<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve been so anxious to have this discussion with the Chinese and the Chinese have been really playing hard-to-get in terms of the discussion,\u201d McMaster added. \u201cI think what they hope with the optics of this meeting, and I\u2019m sure Secretary Blinken is quite aware of this is, to create a perception that we\u2019re going there to pay homage to the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think China\u2019s sending a message: \u2018Hey, we\u2019re in charge now. You\u2019re finished\u2019 to the West and to the United States,\u201d McMaster continued. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s indicative of what they hope to achieve \u2026 which is to create kind of an exclusionary area of primacy across the Indo-Pacific region. They\u2019ve laid claim to the ocean in the South China Sea, for example.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Chang, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, questioned why the United States would want to maintain dialogue with China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should we try to \u2018maintain communication\u2019? #China talks when it wants to and won\u2019t talk when it doesn\u2019t. We should not be begging for communication,\u201d Chang wrote on Twitter on June 18. \u201cBegging is unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping today, following discussions with China&#8217;s top diplomat Wang Yi. 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