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Blinken set for high-stakes China visit with tensions rising and breakthrough prospects low
By Associated Press
Jun 17, 2023 9:52 pm

BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has embarked on a high-stakes diplomatic trip to China to try to cool down escalating tensions between the two powers that have set many around the world on edge.

Blinken will be the highest-level American official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office, and the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years.

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