Weak China Policy Does Not Serve American Interests
Commentary
The world’s superpower continues to send diplomats to genuflect before the throne in Beijing.
Blinken’s China Trip
Leading the parade of American supplicants to Chinese leader Xi Jinping was Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Despite Mr. Blinken’s claim of “progress” being made during his visit last month, most serious longtime China watchers have panned his visit, including June Teufel, a political science professor at the University of Miami, who told The Epoch Times that “only those who equate dialogue with accomplishment could believe that Blinken’s visit was a success.”
No real progress was made on contentious issues because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) refused to budge on anything without concessions from the United States, such as ending sanctions and tariffs and restoring U.S.-China trade relations to the status quo ante 2017….