{"id":1951106,"date":"2023-06-19T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-rejects-us-bid-for-a-military-crisis-hotline-blinken\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:02:37","slug":"xi-rejects-us-bid-for-a-military-crisis-hotline-blinken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-rejects-us-bid-for-a-military-crisis-hotline-blinken\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi refuses US request for military crisis hotline: Blinken."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fxi-rejects-us-bid-for-a-military-crisis-hotline-blinken%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=1951106&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>China Refuses to Resume Direct Military Communication with US<\/h2>\n<p>Despite repeated efforts from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China has refused to resume direct military communication with Washington, as confirmed by the top U.S. diplomat on June 19. Blinken made this statement shortly after his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Blinken raised the prospect of setting up a crisis communication line between the U.S. and Chinese militaries multiple times. However, China has not agreed to move forward with this proposal at the moment, according to Blinken&#8217;s remarks during a press conference concluding his two-day trip to Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s an issue that we have to keep working on,&#8221; Blinken emphasized. &#8220;It is very important that we restore those channels. If we agree that we have a responsibility to manage this relationship responsibly, if we agree that it&#8217;s in our mutual interests to make sure that the competitive aspects of the relationship don&#8217;t veer into conflict, then surely we can agree and see the need for making sure that the channels of communication that we&#8217;ve both said are necessary to do that include military-to-military channels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Resistance to Open Communication<\/h3>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-from-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/\" title=\"Top cybersecurity official warns of 'aggressive' sabotage by Chinese hackers in the US.\">bilateral tensions continue<\/a> to rise, Beijing has consistently resisted the U.S.&#8217;s push to open up lines of communication in order to mitigate the risk of potential conflicts. Reuters reported that since 2021, China&#8217;s leaders have declined or ignored over a dozen requests to talk with the Pentagon, as well as around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-rejects-us-bid-for-a-military-crisis-hotline-blinken\/\" title=\"Xi refuses US request for military crisis hotline: Blinken.\">10 working-level engagement invitations<\/a> from the U.S. side.<\/p>\n<p>One notable incident occurred in February when a U.S. military jet shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon traversing the U.S. continent. Despite this incident, China has remained unresponsive to communication attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu also refused an invitation for a formal meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum earlier this month.<\/p>\n<h3>Efforts to Engage<\/h3>\n<p>During his first visit to China as the secretary of state, Blinken held talks with Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang, Beijing&#8217;s highest-ranking diplomat Wang Yi, and had a brief meeting with Xi Jinping. This visit marked the most senior Biden administration official to make such a trip.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about why Washington would continue engaging with China despite the apparent unwillingness to have open military communications from the other side, Blinken argued that such efforts are necessary to bring about change.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5341733\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/19\/id5341733-GettyImages-1258808791-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/19\/id5341733-GettyImages-1258808791-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese leader Xi Jinping (R) receives U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken prior to their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Leah Millis\/AFP via Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not going to have success on every issue between us on any given day, but in a whole variety of areas\u2014on the terms that we set for this trip, we have made progress and we are moving forward,&#8221; Blinken stated without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-to-unseal-more-documents-related-to-trump-raid-refuses-to-unseal-key-document\/\" title=\"DOJ To Unseal More Documents Related To Trump Raid, Refuses To Unseal Key Document\">providing specific details<\/a>. &#8220;But again, I want to emphasize none of this gets solved, resolved with one visit, one trip, one conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has declined to restart direct military communication with the US, despite Secretary of State Antony Blinken&#8217;s persistent attempts. Following a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 19, Blinken emphasized the need for a crisis communication channel between the two nations&#8217; armed forces. 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