Category: Antony Blinken

Opinion: China Continues to Show Its Contempt for the US

Commentary Last week in Anchorage, Alaska, Chinese diplomats dressed down Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Both seem stunned by the broadsides. Not since newly elected President John Kennedy was humiliated at the Vienna summit in June 1961 by USSR strongman Nikita Khrushchev have American diplomats been so roughly manhandled…


US Secretary of State Calls on China to Release Kovrig, Spavor

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has joined in the call for the release of the two Canadians who have been arbitrarily detained in China since 2018. “We join our partners in calling on Beijing to immediately release the two arbitrarily detained Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig,” Blinken wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “Human…


China’s Alaska Ambush of the Biden Administration, in Context

Commentary In his new book, “The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State,” scholar Daniel Blumenthal makes a telling point about the Chinese dictatorship’s operational and strategic decisions: “China is not just driven by its own assessment of its strengths and weaknesses; it carefully calculates Washington’s power and will before acting.” Blumenthal specifically…


‘Do Not Let Chinese Propagandists Take Advantage of You’: Former Adviser on Lessons From US–China Meeting

Beijing’s delegation came to Alaska to “score a cheap propaganda” while trying to divert international attention away from the Chinese regime’s abuses, the China adviser to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says. Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a two-day meeting in Anchorage, hosting…


Expert: Beijing Falls Short of Expectations After Alaska Talks

The first high-level meeting between the Biden administration and Beijing came to an end in Alaska on March 19, with the Chinese regime leaving the talks in limbo over two issues, according to a Chinese affairs expert. The two-day talks in Anchorage ended without a joint statement from both sides. The U.S. delegation, lead by…


Beijing Falls Short of Expectations After Alaska Talks: Chinese Affairs Expert

The first high-level meeting between the Biden administration and Beijing came to an end in Alaska on March 19, with the Chinese regime leaving the talks in limbo over two issues, according to a Chinese affairs expert. The two-day talks in Anchorage ended without a joint statement from both sides. The U.S. delegation, lead by…


US, Chinese Diplomats Clash Publicly in First Meeting Under Biden

The Sino-U.S. talks in Alaska got off to a rocky start on March 18, when the top diplomats of both countries traded sharp criticism against each others’ policies in front of reporters. The two-day bilateral meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, was the first high-level, in-person talks between Beijing and Washington since President Joe Biden took office…


‘Listening to Concerns:’ US Secretary of State Doesn’t Rule out Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

America’s secretary of state on Wednesday didn’t rule out a U.S. boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “We’ve heard the many concerns around the world about the prospect of those Olympics given the actions that China has taken both at home in terms of its abuse of human rights when it comes to the…


US Manufacturers Call on Biden to Be Tough on China Trade Issues

The National Association of Manufacturers, a Washington-based trade group representing the U.S. manufacturing sector, has urged President Joe Biden to adopt a tough China policy to ensure a level playing field for American businesses. “For manufacturers, China has long been a hub for unfair industrial subsidies and government-fueled overcapacity in areas like steel and aluminum…


Beijing Needs to Change Course to Improve Sino-US Ties: Senior Administration Officials

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will go into talks with their Chinese counterparts in Alaska this week. Washington would want to see “deeds, not words” from Beijing if it wants to improve ties, according to senior administration officials. Blinken and Sullivan are scheduled to meet with China’s foreign minister…