Blinken Sees US-China Relationship as ‘Biggest Geopolitical Test of the 21st Century’

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks about priorities for administration of U.S. President Joe Biden in the Ben Franklin room at the State Department in Washington, on March 3, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 3 listed managing the United States’ relationship with the Chinese regime as a top priority of the Biden administration, describing it as “the biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century.”

Blinken, in his first speech outlining the Biden administration’s foreign policy strategy, said the challenge posed by the Chinese regime is different from those posed by other countries such as Russia and North Korea.