China Must Show Intention to Keep Engaging US, Blinken Says
- Top US diplomat sees room for two nations to move ties forward
- China blames worsening relations on ‘misconceived’ US policies
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China must make clear its intentions to keep engaging with the US, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as the world’s biggest economies struggle to move past a spat over the shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon in February.
“Countries around the world expect us to manage the relationship with China responsibly,” Blinken told reporters on Tuesday at the close of the Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting at a mountain resort northwest of Tokyo. “And that starts with engagement, with having lines of communication.”