“The coverage of Blinken’s visit in China is not nearly as extensive or enthusiastic as it has been in the West,” said Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, a think tank in Washington.
(Chinese experts say it was because the US failed to lift sanctions on Li, imposed in 2018 over China’s purchase of Russian weapons.)
China cut off talks with US military commanders following former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last August.
Zhao said China has adopted “a brinkmanship policy” to highlight the risk of military confrontation to the US.
Wang, the expert at Peking University, said Blinken’s long-delayed visit is the “last chance” to repair ties with China before the US election next year.
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