Tag: Secretary of State Tony Blinken

Weak China Policy Does Not Serve American Interests

July 21, 2023
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Commentary The world’s superpower continues to send diplomats to genuflect before the throne in Beijing. Blinken’s China Trip Leading the parade of American supplicants to Chinese leader Xi Jinping was Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Despite Mr. Blinken’s claim of “progress” being made during his visit last month, most serious longtime China watchers have panned his visit,…

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Looking Back at Blinken’s Trip to Beijing

July 4, 2023
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Commentary Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently completed a “chief supplicant” mission to Beijing on June 19. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a supplicant as “a person who asks a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way.” Who could argue that Blinken acted otherwise? During the brief trip, he apparently made no “big asks” in representing U.S. interests and…

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