mr blinken touched down in beijing on sunday morning, and embarked on more than five and a half hours of talks, plus a two hour dinner, with his chinese counterpart, foreign minister qin gang. american officials described the talks as candid and constructive, but the only concrete development thus far is a commitment from the two countries to loosen visa restrictions on each other s citizens, and to hold more talks in washington eventually. for its part, china s state media reported that. qin gang pointed out that the taiwan issue is the core of china s core interests, the most important issue in sino us relations, and the most prominent risk. today, mr blinken will meet wang yi, the director of the chinese communist party s office of the central foreign affairs commission, effectively the country s most seniorforeign affairs official. but questions remain as to whether an expected meeting between mr blinken and china s president,
mr blinken touched down in beijing on sunday morning, and embarked on more than seven and a half hours of talks with his chinese counterpart, foreign minister qin gang. american officials described the talks as candid and constructive, but the only concrete development thus far is a commitment from the two countries to loosen visa restrictions on each other s citizens, and to hold more talks in washington. for its part, china s state media reported that. qin gang pointed out that the taiwan issue is the core of china s core interests the most important issue in sino us relations, and the most prominent risk. today, mr blinken will meet wang yi, the director of the chinese communist party s office of the central foreign affairs commission, effectively the country s most seniorforeign affairs official. but questions remain as to whether an expected meeting between mr blinken and china s president xi jinping will materialise. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon, has appear
and a half hours of talks, plus a two hour dinner, with his chinese counterpart, foreign minister qin gang. american officials described the talks as candid and constructive, but the only concrete development thus far is a commitment from the two countries to loosen visa restrictions on each other s citizens, and to hold more talks in washington in the future. for its part, china s state media reported that. qin gang pointed out that the taiwan issue is the core of china s core interests, the most important issue in sino us relations, and the most prominent risk. right now, mr blinken is meeting with wang yi, the director of the chinese communist party s office of the central foreign affairs commission effectively the country s most senior foreign affairs official. live now to our china correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. i m sure you ve been watching