during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
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happy father s day to you and to my father. nice. secretary of state blinken is in beijing this morning meeting with top chinese officials previously having canceled his trip due to the chinese spy balloon. this slit comes at the same time that we just learned from the biden administration that china has had intelligence facilities in cuba. republican congressman elise stefanick says this visit will legitimatize the chinese government s continued subversion of u.s. sovereignty. do you agree or are you happy that he s there? china is definitely feeling the heat. in addition to the spy balloon that the whole world watched go across the united states, the issues of the allegations of spying facilities in cuba, you also have the police stations that have been identified by the administration in the united states. in the united states. they re spying on chinese and american citizens. and you have kevin mccarthy having established in the house on a bipartisan basis a china
the course of the next day or so in beijing. one more thing that u.s. officials are looking ahead to is the potential for further meetings between u.s. officials and chinese officials. they want that to become more regularly, of course in addition to the possibility of president biden and president xi sitting down on the sidelines between meetings with leaders in the coming months. earlier today the chairman of the house intelligence committee spoke on cnn state of the union about ongoing tensions between the u.s. and china. china s definitely feeling the heat. in addition to the spy balloon that the whole world watched go across the united states, the issue of allegations of spying facilities in cuba, you also have the police stations that have been identified by the
you know, right here in our back yard. why does this administration conti continuously allow china to get away with this? first of all, you re right, this is not how you speak with someone or your child, you don t overlook the bad behavior and reward them. that s what we re doing here. we re going over and reengaging after the behavior. you mentioned the spy base, that s an important one. the administration first denied the existence of the base and tried to blame it on the trump administration. this isn t about the biden or trump administrations, it s about china coming into our back yard and establishing, you know, more aggressive and more capable spying facilities on our east coast. again, you know, engagement without accountability is rewarding chinese bad behavior and i think we re going to come to regret it if we don t hold