Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed He met with senior officials in Shanghai, China on Wednesday afternoon, but received no notable honors when he landed, before being loudly warned by the Foreign Ministry not to challenge the Communist Party with its belligerent policies.
Blinken is scheduled to spend three days in China, starting in Shanghai, China’s economic capital, before heading north to Beijing to meet with government officials.by State DepartmentBlinken is expected to tackle a wide range of international issues, many of which are not directly related to China, such as the Middle East crisis. [and] Russia’s war against Ukraine. ”
The State Department put on the agenda the “cross-strait issue,” meaning China’s daily threat to the state of Taiwan, and China’s illegal activities in the South China Sea.
Onlookers look on at U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at Yu Garden in Shanghai on April 24, 2024. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty)
“The Secretary also committed to continued efforts to fulfill commitments made by President Biden and President Xi at the Woodside Summit in November on resuming counternarcotics cooperation, military-to-military communications, artificial intelligence, and strengthening people-to-people ties. We also plan to discuss further initiatives.” The State Department said in a statement.
Blinken himself explained in a social media post Wednesday that the mission to China is intended to include “intensive face-to-face diplomacy.”
“Our continued direct engagement is critical,” Blinken said.
I’m heading to Shanghai and Beijing this week for intensive face-to-face diplomacy. Our continued and direct involvement is essential to advancing the issues that matter most to the American people and the world. pic.twitter.com/VyWOxPhJpk
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) April 24, 2024
Mr. Blinken landed on an empty tarmac in Shanghai, with no recognizable dignitaries waiting for him.Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief and occasional commentator of a Chinese state-run newspaper Global Timesderided Blinken and described his visit as “begging.”
🔹Blinken arrived in Shanghai, China🇳.
🔹When he got off the plane, many noticed that there was no red carpet on the ground.
🔹The United States has prepared for harsh public opinion in advance, but his visit to China should be seen as a “plea.” pic.twitter.com/t0KFXH8vnj
— Hu Xijin Hu Xijin (@HuXijin_GT) April 24, 2024
of Global Times itself published Wednesday’s seminal article cited real actions by Chinese Communist Party officials that are harmful to humanity and warned Blinken to distance himself from “misconceptions and misperceptions about China.” These include the ongoing genocide of Turkic ethnic groups, most notably Uyghurs, in occupied East Turkestan, which the State Department condemns in its annual human rights report. published on monday.
“As everyone knows, the so-called ‘ethnic genocide’ in Xinjiang [East Turkistan] That is the complete lie of the century.” Global Times It claimed to have rejected extensive evidence of forced sterilization, abortion, slavery, imprisonment in concentration camps, and other atrocities.
“Part of the difference between China and the United States is that the United States fundamentally misunderstands the true situation in China, or deliberately portrays China as a rival to the United States and distorts perceptions of China in order to contain China.” “This is due to the fact that
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China previewed In his visit Tuesday, Blinken similarly vigorously denied the genocide the country has committed since 2017.
“The Chinese people have the greatest say in the human rights situation in China. China has made history by eliminating absolute poverty,” Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson, claimed, completely denying genocide. “We practice people’s democracy throughout the process and provide the world’s largest education system, social security system and medical system in China. The interests, happiness and sense of security of the Chinese people are getting stronger and stronger. ”
Wang also criticized rumor Anonymous sources say left-leaning President Joe Biden is considering sanctions against China for its support of Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine.
“The United States continues to make baseless accusations about the normal trade and economic exchanges between China and Russia while passing a bill to provide huge amounts of aid to Ukraine,” Wang told reporters. . “This is just hypocritical and extremely irresponsible. China categorically rejects this.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center L) and Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns walk through Yu Garden in Shanghai on April 24, 2024. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Wang then said that despite China’s rampant economic fraud and the corrosive effects of China’s competition with U.S. companies using slavery to drive down prices, the Biden administration will He argued that China should not try to block access to the rich U.S. economic market.
“Let me once again point out that the economic relationship between China and the United States is mutually beneficial, and there are no winners in a trade war,” Wang said, calling for the removal of limited tariffs on Chinese companies. “We call on the United States to comply with the WTO.” [World Trade Organization] Comply with the rules, eliminate all additional tariffs on China, and suspend the imposition of new additional tariffs. China will take all necessary measures to protect its rights and interests.”
It was unclear at press time the extent to which Mr. Blinken would address China’s negative influence on the U.S. market and its role in some of the nation’s major social issues, including the fentanyl epidemic and cybersecurity concerns. Mr. Blinken was at the center of China’s most spectacular embarrassment of US officials in recent memory. The most notable such disaster occurred early in his tenure as Secretary of State. A harrowing encounter between Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi in Alaska in March 2021, during which Yang went on a 16-minute rant about “black lives matter” and claims of human rights abuses. Ta. America. China is now openly committing genocide against the indigenous Turkic people of occupied East Turkestan, as well as a long list of other atrocities that Mr. Blinken did not mention at the time, the State Department said this week. documented.
The Chinese Communist Party viewed the meeting as a major victory over the United States, selling commemorative tote bags and cell phone cases featuring Yang’s condemnation.
Most recently, Blinken met with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing in June, reportedly emphasizing economic harmony and seeking to minimize conflict with the rogue communist state. He has publicly denounced the regime’s gross human rights atrocities, rampant intellectual property theft, the establishment of illegal police stations on U.S. sovereign territory, the violation of U.S. airspace by reconnaissance balloons in early 2023, and the huge He did not raise any objections to the government regarding such matters as the change in government. The role of fentanyl in international trade.
“One of the important things I had to do on this trip was to dispel the idea to our Chinese hosts that we are trying to contain China economically. We are not,” Blinken said. he told reporters at a press conference in Beijing in June. “And like I said, we’re not about decoupling. We’re about de-risking and diversifying.”
Blinken went on to say that is “very important to us.” [America’s] We are interested in continuing to do business with China.
