US-China Rift Eases After Blinken Trip, But Frictions Remain
- No agreement on resumption of military communications
- Two sides look to ease strains that keep fueling tensions
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The US and China agreed to boost dialog but tensions lingered after Secretary of State Antony Blinken became the highest-level American official to visit Beijing in five years, as the world’s largest economies seek to put frayed ties on more stable footing.
“My hope and expectation is we’ll have better communications, better engagement going forward,” Blinken told reporters in Beijing in a press conference that capped two days of meetings in Beijing, including with President Xi Jinping. Still, he said the US has “no illusions about the challenges of managing this relationship.”