US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s three-day visit to China, during which he had extensive exchanges with Chinese officials, was deemed by Chinese experts as “generally positive and playing a role in stabilizing relations between China and US,” but observers also believed such a visit by itself cannot fundamentally change the current trend of China-US ties.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi begin talks in Beijing, with agenda items expected to include China's alleged support for Russia's defense industry as well as tensions around Taiwan and the South China Sea.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a three-day visit to China on Wednesday to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and other senior officials in a bid to stabilize bilateral ties amid tensions over a host of issues.
The Philippines and the United States begin an annual military exercise that will include a coordinated sail in the South China Sea and other drills set in the Southeast Asia country's northern provinces, amid China's aggressive acts against Philippine vessels in the sea.
China warns against attempts to carry out maritime containment, with a senior military officer telling a regional navy symposium in the eastern port city of Qingdao that such a policy would divide the world and cause turbulence.