US Secretary Of State Blinken Says China Is A Greater Long Term Threat Than Russia

Daily Mail: 'US does NOT support Taiwan independence': Blinken cleans up Biden's comments in speech saying America doesn't want 'another Cold War' with Beijing and slamming Xi Jinping for cooperating with Putin and being more 'aggressive' abroad

* Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday about China's rise

* Said Beijing's cooperation with Putin 'raises alarm bells' after Ukraine invasion

* Claims Xi Jinping is now 'more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad'

* Cleaned up Biden's Taiwan comments by saying US doesn't back independence

* Insisted U.S. Taiwan policy has not changed in decades, but he did warn against China trying to undermine the status quo

Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday morning that the threat of China will 'test U.S. diplomacy like nothing we've ever seen before' - but insisted America does not want another Cold War and does not support Taiwan independence.

He also said in the speech at George Washington University that China's cooperation with Vladimir Putin after his invasion of Ukraine 'raises alarm bells', Beijing under Xi Jinping has 'more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad' and accused the communist party of trying to undermine global order.

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US Secretary Of State Blinken Says China Is A Greater Long Term Threat Than Russia

Blinken: US to leverage Russia-Ukraine bloc against China -- AP

Blinken says China strategy is about rules-based order, not 'new Cold War' -- Reuters

Blinken says China is a serious long-term challenge but the U.S. does not want a new Cold War -- CNBC

Blinken Outlines US Strategy to Outcompete China, While Not Seeking 'Decoupling' -- VOA

Blinken: China poses "most serious, long-term challenge" to world order -- Axios

Blinken Says Global Order Must Survive China, But No 'Cold War' -- IBTimes

Blinken Aims at Xi in Speech Vowing to Shape the Global Order -- Bloomberg

U.S. Aims to Constrain China by Shaping Its Environment, Blinken Says -- New York Times

Blinken describes delicate balance between isolating and enabling China -- ABC News

U.S. Alarmed by China's Support of Putin's War in Ukraine -- Newsweek

Blinken says US is ready to strengthen diplomacy with China in 'charged moment for the world' -- CNN

5 takeaways from Blinken’s speech on U.S. confronting China -- The Hill

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