U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 19 during his high-profile visit to Beijing. Both sides pledged to stabilize the badly deteriorating relationship between the two countries. Blinken’s trip marked the highest-level visit to China by a U.S. official in nearly five years. Lawmakers from both sides of…
NTD News Today (June 19): Blinken Meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing; Lawmakers Aiming to Expand Abraham Accords
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