Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) April 24-26. The Secretary will meet with senior PRC officials in Shanghai and Beijing to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, includin...
Last August, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during a visit to the self-governing island, prompting a furious response from China, which conducted military drills that experts say simulated an attack on the island. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., met...
U.S. Secretary of StateAntony Blinkenwill travel to Beijing this weekend, the State Department announced Wednesday, as the U.S. confronts a spate ofintensifying diplomatic challenges with China. His visit there will be the first by a Secretary of State since 2018, and the first by a cabinet...
His original travel plans for February were disrupted by news of an alleged Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. airspace. The U.S. ultimately shot down the alleged spy balloon, and tensions between the world's two largest economies have since remained tense. Beijing insisted the balloon was...
A spokesperson for the secretary of state said earlier that Mr Blinken "indicated he would plan to travel" toChina"at the earliest opportunity when conditions allow". The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he is 'confident' the balloon is a Chinese survei...
According to the schedule released by the U.S. Department of State, Blinken will travel to China from April 24 to 26. The Secretary will meet with senior officials in Shanghai and Beijing to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues, including the crisis in the Middle East...
Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told a news briefing the security aspect of Blinken's trip would focus on strengthening regional security infrastructure in response to Chinese "bullying" in the South China Sea. Blinken ...
“It's critically important that the United States send a very clear message to China. And I think the postponement of Secretary Blinken’s travel to Beijing is a clear signal in that regard,” says Brennan. “Eventually, I think we're gonna have to s...
The State Department announced Monday that Blinken, a longtime close aide to Biden dating from the president’s days in the Senate, will travel to Vietnam, Laos, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia for a series of international and bilateral meetings. Those will include discussions in...