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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1398147)	4/6/2023 4:44:47 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 1576648

Blinken Can’t Reschedule His Trip to China After Canceling POLITICO reports China has effectively frozen high-level contact with the US by Dave DeCamp Posted on April 5, 2023Categories NewsTags China Secretary of State Antony Blinken is looking to reschedule his trip to China that he canceled over the Chinese balloon that wound up floating over the US, but Beijing is rebuffing the effort, POLITICO reported Wednesday. The POLITICO report said China has effectively frozen high-level contacts with US officials. An unnamed US official said that the Biden administration is also trying to schedule a call between President Biden and President Xi Jinping and send other high-level officials to China but isn’t having any luck. Before the balloon incident, the US and China were making a point to engage at a high level despite soaring tensions. But since Blinken canceled his trip, and the US shot down the balloon, which ended up over US territory due to unexpected weather, the progress on engagement with Beijing has been reversed. After the US shot down the balloon in February, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tried to contact his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, who has since been replaced. But China declined to take Austin’s call, and he hasn’t had any luck since then. Wei was replaced by Li Shangfu, a Chinese general who is under US sanctions for being involved in China’s purchase of Russian weapons. The sanctions make US-China military communication even more difficult, and the Biden administration has not signaled it will lift them. Tensions between the US and China soared even higher on Wednesday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California. China repeatedly warned McCarthy and Tsai not to hold the meeting and is expected to respond with more military drills around Taiwan.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1398147)	4/7/2023 10:53:15 AM
From: D.Austin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576648

I realize Europe doesn't need to thank the US any longer for saving their asses. What has the UN done to help prevent this 100% preventable war? The truth is Ukrainians, due to the Russian invasion would still be alive if Barack Obama was never elected president. We watched the Obama zombies successfully install the most unfit useful idiot to ever sleep in the white house. We will never know how the Russia/Ukraine situation may have gone if the 2020 election wasn't stolen through massive fraud and election law interference. I heard that somebody who attended the Trump/Putin meeting said it went like this. Trump: If you bomb Ukraine, I'll bomb Moscow Putin: Bullshit Trump: Try me