The AP article doesn't mention the CCP, who wants to be the world military and economic power, told Blinken that the US should mind It's own business, stay out of China's business, and that the US shouldn't be acting as if it is in a position of strength.
In other words, get outta here with that stuff and work on your own problems.
The AP article doesn't show that video.
Blinken put the CCP in its place makes for a better story.
And not a mention of a virus that has devastated the world. That should have been the opening issue.
China “wants to be a world military and economy power.” Who knew?
The China diplomat tells “Blinken that the US should mind its own business, stay out of China's business, and that the US shouldn't be acting as if it is in a position of strength.” Those Chinese officials are saying mean things to us. The horror! The horror!
Well…both sides came out throwing punches at the meeting. It’s hard to say how much of the public back-and-forth was theatrics for each country’s home audiences versus messaging to each other. I think it’s better to lay it out, express some honest thoughts and positions, step away, then move back to the table and try to create real agreements based on reality and not some fake pretend relationship.
Oh, and here’s another article that provides balanced information about the meeting. It outlines several actions the Biden administration is considering for confronting China. OMG, it also reports that Biden officials are conferring with Republicans on China-related matters.
‘Fundamentally at odds’: China, U.S. retreat to their corners after Alaska talks“’There are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds,’ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as the last session drew to a close Friday, ‘including China’s actions in Xinjiang, with regard to Hong Kong, Tibet, increasingly Taiwan, as well as actions that it is taking in cyberspace. And it’s no surprise that when we raised those issues clearly and directly, we got a defensive response.”
“Blinken told Chinese officials that the U.S. would continue to speak out about Beijing’s crackdowns in Hong Kong and on Uighur Muslims, along with other points of contentions. Despite China’s insistence that these are internal matters, they threaten the rules-based international order, Blinken said, making them fair game for American comment and action.”
“The Biden administration is looking at taking actions in the next few weeks to punish China over what U.S. officials say is a genocidal campaign against Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, according to a China analyst in touch with Biden administration officials. The actions will likely include new economic sanctions and could also involve some coordinated measures with countries in Europe which, too, are alarmed by the Xinjiang crisis.”
“Earlier this week…the U.S. issued subpoenas on multiple Chinese companies that, according to the Commerce Department, ‘provide information and communications technology and services in the United States.’ The move signaled a potential crackdown on Chinese companies that could pose what the administration sees as a national security risk to America.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/19/china-usa-alaska-477267
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