VIENTIANE: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated Washington's concerns over Beijing's actions toward Taiwan and its support for Russia's war in Ukraine as he met his Chinese counter
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sideline of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Jul 27, 2024. Blinken, who earlier called out China for escalating maritime tensions with the Philippines, talked extensively with Wang about Taiwan and Beijing's recent"provocative" actions toward the democratically governed island, a senior US State Department official said.
He said that though communication channels between China and the United States were open, Washington had intensified its efforts to contain and suppress Beijing. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, second right, on the sideline of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Jul 27, 2024. The two talked for an hour and 20 minutes on the sidelines of a regional summit in Laos, in their sixth meeting since June 2023, when Blinken visited Beijing in a sign of improvement in strained relations between the world's two biggest economies.
Washington has levied sanctions at targets including China-based companies selling semiconductors to Moscow, as part of an effort to undercut the Russian military machine waging war on Ukraine.Blinken also raised with Wang US concerns over human rights in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Tibet, and stressed the need for more progress from Beijing on counter-narcotics including fentanyl precursors coming out of China.
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