Tag: Foreign Policy

Despite frosty talks, Biden will be good for U.S.-China relationship, says ex-defence secretary https://t.co/rp8E6Yh0o5 pic.twitter.com/N1TIC8G4Eu

— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) March 20, 2021

Tense China-U.S. talks heighten need for improved crisis management – Chinese adviser https://t.co/DVbV63FJs0 pic.twitter.com/N1UpciKv8w

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 20, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there 'are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds' with China https://t.co/yeaRMnd1Fr pic.twitter.com/QJCWP6YpWU

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 19, 2021

The U.S. and China leveled sharp rebukes of each other’s policies in the first high-level talks of the Biden administration, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on public display during the meeting's opening session in Alaska https://t.co/LSuWRPq8t1 pic.twitter.com/4NEpJjeUyg

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 19, 2021

The U.S. and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of the Biden administration, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on rare public display in Alaska https://t.co/cl3SoVXQmE pic.twitter.com/JAJxufB674

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 19, 2021

U.S. tells China it does not seek conflict, but will stand up for principles, friends https://t.co/8Mqhlb6e88 pic.twitter.com/tE6KtqWbMe

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2021

China says it has agreed with the U.S. to take up climate change and a handful of other issues, signaling a possible modicum of progress at recently concluded talks that were otherwise marked by acrimonious public exchanges. https://t.co/VLnCvO2g0t

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2021

Top defense officials from India and the United States have pledged to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defense ties between two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. https://t.co/iKlW0MhPgj

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2021

Blinken warned that China's actions could result in a "far more violent" world, while Beijing's top diplomat accused the U.S. of slaughtering Black Americans https://t.co/qa4aIM1av2

— POLITICO (@politico) March 18, 2021

China looms large over Washington’s Indo-Pacific engagement. And the past couple weeks have seen a flurry of alliance-building. https://t.co/9tenaGD49s

— POLITICO (@politico) March 18, 2021

“The Biden team has focused on getting into position and getting the sequence right in their engagement with China.” @AsiaPolicy's @dannyrrussel adds that this week's meetings in Alaska following consultations in Tokyo and Seoul "is no accident.” https://t.co/fqU2JhxYY9

— Asia Society (@AsiaSociety) March 19, 2021

In unusually pointed remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other’s country’s policies at the start of two days of talks in Alaska. https://t.co/N9uL8QztcN

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) March 19, 2021

DIPLOMACY DRAMA: A U.S.-China summit, now underway in Alaska, got off to a very rocky start. ABC’s Mona Kosar Abdi reports. pic.twitter.com/wSlMRHt6Qe

— ABC World News Now (@abcWNN) March 19, 2021

"There's been no management framework over the last four years," Dewardric McNeal says about the relationship with China. The first high-level meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials under Biden ends today. "It's important to have some guardrails around this relationship." pic.twitter.com/R95kVtl0of

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 19, 2021

First U.S.-China meeting under President Biden gets off to a rocky start with an exchange of insults at a pre-meeting press event in Alaska on Thursday. CNBC’s @sam_vadas with more. https://t.co/yIKAxKjcd1 pic.twitter.com/sGxQKQ46Gw

— CNBC International (@CNBCi) March 19, 2021

Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed China’s sweeping use of “coercion and aggression” on the international stage and warned that the U.S. will mount pushback if necessary. CNBC's @sam_vadas with more. https://t.co/ArOy29vmGq pic.twitter.com/qosjg3kEV8

— CNBC International (@CNBCi) March 17, 2021

Here are the highlights from the heated exchange between the U.S. and China in Alaska.https://t.co/hnccaPxfv1

— Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) March 19, 2021

Secretary of State Blinken will meet with top Chinese officials just days after the U.S. sanctioned China for cracking down on Hong Kong. @MitchellReports has details. https://t.co/jgEbguFT4R

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) March 19, 2021

The rancorous meeting in Alaska was not simply "grandstanding" for the home audience but a sign of China's willingness to challenge America's place in the world order. https://t.co/yikRrpvYUR

— Steven Lee Myers (@stevenleemyers) March 19, 2021

The Biden administration’s first face-to-face meeting with senior Chinese diplomats on Thursday dissolved into more than an hour of very public verbal jousting, confirming the expected confrontational tone between the geopolitical rivals https://t.co/Usu4IH02ke

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 19, 2021

As Blinken meets with China important to remember that thousands of Uyghur Muslims in the U.S. are watching.

These women were incredibly brave to tell the stories of their own imprisoned family members, and their fight to free them from Virginia.https://t.co/rAgCZ5Rs7x

— Meagan Flynn (@Meagan_Flynn) March 19, 2021

In opening the talks with China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken read a list of Washington’s problems with Beijing. Yang Jiechi, a member of the Communist Party’s ruling body, shot back that the U.S. should examine its problems with racism. https://t.co/fcAH6qmq0x

— WSJ China Real Time (@ChinaRealTime) March 19, 2021

The first high-level meeting between the U.S. and China under the Biden administration has begun in Alaska. It got off to an abrasive starthttps://t.co/7Za7tkxFSb

— WSJ China Real Time (@ChinaRealTime) March 19, 2021

In their first face-to-face meeting in the Biden administration, top U.S. and Chinese officials Antony Blinken and Yang Jiechi sparred over each other’s country’s policies. The U.S. criticized China’s authoritarianism while China accused Washington of … https://t.co/XVYvix0ZoO

— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) March 19, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked things off by listing nearly every sensitive issue in a single sentence. https://t.co/JsS107IFbt

— Newsy (@Newsy) March 20, 2021

Secretary of State Tony Blinken has bluntly told a group led by two senior Chinese officials that the United States will confront growing Chinese expansionism and authoritarianism in places like Hong Kong and the South China Sea. #TWTFrontPagehttps://t.co/13stdONZCQ

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) March 19, 2021

“The United States and China stand today at the greatest inflection point in their relations since they established diplomatic ties in 1979.” In “Stronger,” @ryanl_hass charts a course for Washington: https://t.co/ljaQ86n809 #USChina pic.twitter.com/J2NRSfxlBw

— Brookings FP (@BrookingsFP) March 20, 2021

March 18-19 US-China meeting in #Alaska is first face-to-face meeting between officials from the new U.S. administration and #China is unlikely to lead to any breakthroughs. It will set the strategic tenor of relations from the U.S. side. More analysis: https://t.co/GhzRriy2xW pic.twitter.com/X70QLSckzi

— Stratfor – a RANE Company (@Stratfor) March 18, 2021

China’s stocks slumped, with the benchmark gauge capping its longest weekly losing streak since early 2016, after high-level Alaska talks with the U.S. https://t.co/FjC0Si4XTt pic.twitter.com/qlKJNZqocv

— Bloomberg New Economy Forum (@neweconforum) March 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/BGOV/status/1372891534056636421

After the first high-level U.S.-China talks during the Biden administration ended with no agreements, some top former officials in Beijing still saw potential areas of cooperation to move the relationship forward https://t.co/Loc8adt4tX

— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) March 20, 2021

U.S. and China end testy meeting in Alaska with no announcements https://t.co/qF0P4yUoef

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) March 19, 2021

The first face-to-face meeting between the U.S. and China since President Joe Biden took office was bound to be confrontational. The question now is whether the two sides can find a way cooperate https://t.co/ex3Qxi5I1U

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) March 19, 2021

Nobody expected the first U.S.-China meeting after Donald Trump to be a lovefest, but the unusually vitriolic start to talks in Alaska still managed to surprise https://t.co/0Xm7NZgPWP

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) March 19, 2021

Europe resumes AstraZeneca shots and U.S.-China talks get off to a rocky start

Here’s what is moving markets ⬇️ https://t.co/ZFORNVMbZH

— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) March 19, 2021

Chinese leaders meeting top U.S. officials in Alaska will look for evidence that the Biden administration is prepared to take a softer tone toward Beijing. They’re likely to be disappointed. https://t.co/uLp1dai4an

— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) March 18, 2021

The strategic rivalry between the U.S.-China is not a pretty picture, says George Magnus, Oxford University China Centre Research Associate https://t.co/NkE2COxjHW pic.twitter.com/9QliIcnmug

— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) March 19, 2021

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said China was engaged in an "assault on basic values."

"We do not seek conflict but we welcome stiff competition," he said.https://t.co/ssxHOnESFS

— Radio Free Asia (@RadioFreeAsia) March 19, 2021

VDH: "The same happened this week in Anchorage to our Secretary of State Blinken and National Security advisor Sullivan by the no-nonsense communist Chinese. Kennedy admitted that Khrushchev “just beat the hell out of me”—and never let it happen again."https://t.co/R6ovUqxQE5

— Victor Davis Hanson (@VDHanson) March 20, 2021

It’s refreshing to have a Secretary of State who knows how to stand up for American values on the world stage. This will only strengthen American diplomacy and international leadership in the days ahead. @SecBlinken https://t.co/RGtJueQ3U6

— Joel Rubin (@JoelMartinRubin) March 20, 2021

I joined my colleague @RepAshleyHinson in a letter to the Biden Amin, urging them to reiterate U.S. support for Taiwan ahead of today's U.S.-China Summit. #Taiwan is a strong friend and ally, and we must continue to support & promote this important relationship. pic.twitter.com/EiTHTzxrvS

— Mario Diaz-Balart (@MarioDB) March 18, 2021

China weaponizes critical race theory against U.S. pic.twitter.com/uuiNwpGumz

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 20, 2021

Sec. of State Blinken claimed the U.S. & Chinese governments' interests align on climate change.

China's actions show they don't care about fossil fuel emissions. This is just lip service to prod U.S. to cut energy production. Our nation is run by fools.https://t.co/4Pr3p8ZoIF pic.twitter.com/wzPAzqAkaI

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) March 20, 2021

Intelligence expert says U.S.-China summit a ‘disaster,’ Biden should replace top diplomat Blinken. | Just The News https://t.co/0WuuyXlpnc

— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) March 20, 2021

Bitter Alaska Meeting Complicates Already Shaky U.S.-China Ties – WSJ https://t.co/xdinKKGnUF

— Janie Johnson -Fight For Freedom & Lemonade Stands (@jjauthor) March 20, 2021

China Plans to Ask U.S. to Roll Back Trump Policies in Alaska Meeting https://t.co/lihZmXsFPb

— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) March 17, 2021

Asked about the contentious U.S.-China meeting yesterday, President Biden says: “I’m proud of the secretary of state.” pic.twitter.com/ZS2lWbg8Tj

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 19, 2021

President Biden brought up a story just now at the CDC that he often told during his campaign but maybe has a bit more salience after the tense U.S.-China meeting. In a meeting, then-VP Xi asked then-VP Biden to define America. His response was "one word: possibilities."

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 19, 2021

On both Russia and China, very struck by how some conservatives are bashing both Biden and Blinken today. The deep politicization of U.S. national security has not ended yet. That's not good for our national security. With time, hope it eventually subsides.

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 19, 2021

Thanks for a fun exchange on U.S.-China relations https://t.co/xmDDV9CbBx

— Elizabeth Economy (@LizEconomy) March 20, 2021

China Mocks And Attacks The United States On U.S. Soil; Biden Admin Struggles To Respond https://t.co/TVULW1XTlr pic.twitter.com/zR0vxItXhV

— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) March 19, 2021

China’s Top Diplomat Humiliates Biden’s Team on U.S. Soil, Leaves Joe's Team In Silence https://t.co/F6kseExrPg

— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) March 19, 2021

Like this is some kind of shock. China making the Biden incompetents look like exactly what they are.https://t.co/lhvuemJZQb

— JJ Pesavento (@rdrhwke) March 19, 2021

By all reports, China took a tough line at its first face-to-face meeting with the Biden Administration. Without a clear U.S. strategy, huge risk for the U.S. lies ahead. A return to Obama policies would be a big win for China.
More in @washingtonpost https://t.co/iYaMbI1y2G

— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) March 19, 2021

China is out-competing us because the U.S. lacks a comprehensive China strategy. The CCP is using every tool in its toolkit to ensure China becomes the world’s geopolitical, military, and economic superpower. We must develop a comprehensive, proactive strategy with our allies. pic.twitter.com/vjGeM8QWTH

— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) March 17, 2021

Declassified report shows that Republican claims about election interference by China were lies https://t.co/jDrHM5eYrZ

— Carolyn Evertson: PASS the"For The People Act"! (@CarolynEvertso1) March 19, 2021

Morning Brief: U.S.-China talks endure rocky beginning, Vladimir Putin challenges Biden after “killer” comment, and Europe’s medicine agency clears AstraZeneca vaccine.https://t.co/XIoW6b01oh

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 19, 2021

The opening salvos in the US China #Alaska talks made for "a very weird exchange", says Hong Kong based analyst Frank Ching. " I think that China really wants to have a better relationship with the U.S. But it doesn't want to be seen as being weak." pic.twitter.com/Fj951XdDim

— Michael Holmes (@holmescnn) March 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/1372784247874805764
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1372970509147664389

"In diplomatic terms, the timing of the action was pointed and clearly intentional, continuing a testy start to relations between the Biden administration and China after a tumultuous four years under Trump."https://t.co/WkrnkynbVB

— carin jodha fischer (@carin__fischer) March 17, 2021

Breaking News! USA vs China,
Secretary Antony Blinken vs Yang Jiechi first time in Alaska.
We urge U.S. State Department to pressure China to #StopUyghurGenocide in East Turkistan, Recognize #EastTurkistan as an independent State, #BoycottBeijingWinterOlympic 2022. pic.twitter.com/HAgQOtAThK

— Sulayman Aziz (@AzizSulayman) March 19, 2021

Top U.S. and Chinese officials have sparred in a particularly contentious manner in the first face-to-face meeting since President Joe Biden took office. https://t.co/a3skW2HO2C

— Alaska's News Source (@AKNewsNow) March 19, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security advisor Jake Sullivan will hold high-level, in-person talks on Thursday with Chinese officials. https://t.co/wdi9DPs02P

— NECN (@NECN) March 17, 2021

The trip is part of a larger effort to bolster U.S. influence and calm concerns about America’s role in Asia. https://t.co/OJyWr7O63Z

— First Coast News (@FCN2go) March 14, 2021

U.S., China diplomats trade barbs in meeting in Alaska https://t.co/CFdzQNdEF0

— clevelanddotcom (@clevelanddotcom) March 19, 2021

America’s top diplomat on Thursday pressed China to use its “tremendous influence” to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, hours after the North said it will ignore U.S. offers to resume negotiations.https://t.co/MYxmt4URd1

— Iowa's News Now (@iowasnewsnow) March 18, 2021

US pushes China to play a role in North Korea’s denuclearization: https://t.co/yTS6iodgwy Liskonih/iStockBy JOOHEE CHO, ABC News
(SEOUL, South Korea) — The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged China to use its influence and “unique relationship” with North Korea to p…

— KTBB Radio (@KTBBRadio) March 20, 2021

Terry Glavin: U.S.-China summit likely to be a chilly one, and not just because it's in Alaska https://t.co/I2zwr6vXNr

— National Post (@nationalpost) March 19, 2021

Troubled U.S.-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting https://t.co/GIJu9vhe9o pic.twitter.com/X7lFB7yfxK

— CTV News (@CTVNews) March 18, 2021

Terry Glavin: U.S.-China summit likely to be a chilly one, and not just because it's in Alaska https://t.co/b2Ojo7UPeS

— The Vancouver Sun (@VancouverSun) March 20, 2021

The two sides, however, had intersecting interests on Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, and climate change.https://t.co/rTWZwhiieo

— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) March 19, 2021

Remarks at the U.S.-China Meeting in Anchorage/Alaska (March 18): Secretary Antony J. Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Director Yang And State Councilor Wang At the Top of Their Meeting – United States Department of State https://t.co/Rg65skP4z9

— Canada-China Friendship Society (@CCFSO1) March 19, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there 'are a number of areas where we are fundamentally at odds' with #China#ChinaUS #Blinken #Biden #US pic.twitter.com/RZetR5hxwC

— 5 News Australia (@5NewsAustralia) March 19, 2021

"On some of the #trade and investment issues.. there’s not going to be much room for meeting of the minds"

As President Biden's team hold their first #USA #China meeting in Alaska ex-US trade official @jamesbgreen
explains why tensions remainhttps://t.co/C9K9ykiTyV pic.twitter.com/4boGVnAzMH

— Jonathan Josephs (@jonathanjosephs) March 18, 2021

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken opens China talks with rebuke https://t.co/lX1zNas7Kn

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 19, 2021

US and China trade angry barbs at high-level Alaska talks https://t.co/TsQIg7PrP9

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 19, 2021

Why is everyone fighting over the South China Sea? https://t.co/C13BD4yXiG

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 20, 2021