Weak China Policy Does Not Serve American Interests

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

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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.”