Republicans are using Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip to Beijing to portray the Biden administration as weak on China, framing the attempted diplomatic reset as tantamount to appeasement.
Blinken made the two-day visit, in which he met with top-ranking diplomats and President Xi Jinping, amid what both sides acknowledge is a low point in relations between the United States and China. Blinken had planned to visit in February but postponed the trip after the U.S. shot down a Chinese balloon suspected of spying on nuclear military sites.
The Biden administration has imposed rounds of sanctions on Chinese organizations and individuals, and its decision to restrict China's access to semiconductor technology has Beijing fuming that the U.S. is attempting to stifle its growth. But it was Blinken's comment that the U.S."does not support Taiwan independence," made at the tail end of his trip, that set off a flood of criticism on the Right.
"We’ve made clear that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo by either side," he said."We’ve been clear and consistent in our policy, and it’s very important that we preserve the status quo that has helped maintain peace and stability across the strait for decades."
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