Blinken Meets Chinese Vice President on Sidelines of UN Assembly in New York

Meeting is latest in series of efforts to mend relations
Talks come ahead of possible visit by China’s Xi to US

WATCH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with China’s Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the UNGA as the two nations seek to mend relations. Meanwhile, China flew a record number of warplanes around Taiwan, in an apparent show of displeasure over visits by a pair of American officials. Stephen Engle reports.Source: Bloomberg

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By Iain Marlow

September 18, 2023 at 8:07 PM UTC

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China’s Vice President Han Zheng told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that both sides need to meet each other halfway in a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.

“China-US relations face a lot of difficulties and challenges,” Han, the No. 2 official in the Chinese government, told Blinken as the two men sat across from each other at long tables in a conference room at China’s UN mission. “It needs us both to display more sincerity, more efforts, and meet each other halfway.”