U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern about the regime in Beijing’s actions toward Taiwan during a face-to-face meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Oct. 31. The bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit of Group of 20 leaders in Rome comes as Beijing’s escalating military harassment toward the self-ruled island, which it claims as one of its own territories, has triggered growing international alarm. Blinken raised concerns that Beijing’s actions “undermine the international rules-based order and that run counter to our values and interests,” such as actions related to human rights and Taiwan, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement. Blinken also said the two countries have areas of common interests, such as climate change and “underscored the importance of maintaining open lines of communication to responsibly manage the competition” between Washington and Beijing, according to the brief statement. In a longer readout …