The readouts, per WaPo: “Xi told Blinken that China ‘respects the interests of the United States and will not challenge or replace the United States,’ and that Washington ‘must also respect China and not harm China’s legitimate rights and interests,’ according to a readout released by the official state broadcaster CCTV… secretaries of state, but Monday’s meeting wasn’t confirmed until 45 minutes before the two men shook hands - a sign of how carefully orchestrated this trip has been,” Hudson and Tobin write. The meeting almost didn’t happen: “It has been customary in the past for the Chinese leader to meet with visiting U.S. priority,” AP’s Matthew Lee reports, adding that Blinken told reporters he raised the issue “repeatedly.” And, Lee noted, “there was little indication that either is prepared to bend from its positions on issues including trade, Taiwan, human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong, Chinese military assertiveness in the South China Sea, and Russia’s war in Ukraine.” Notably, “China refused to resume military to military communications, a U.S. WaPo’s John Hudson and Meaghan Tobin report from Beijing that both sides left “unresolved their most bitterly contested issues” - even as the 35-minute meeting between the two “may at least stop the downward spiral in bilateral relations.” The carefully scripted face-to-face followed hours of meetings between Blinken and lower-level Chinese officials.
The metaverse may be virtual, but the impact will be real.Įxplore more possibilities with the metaverse.īUT FIRST … the big headline of the morning is focused on events occurring half a world away: Chinese President XI JINPING met briefly with Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN, a high-profile huddle that was not guaranteed to happen amid Blinken’s temperature-lowering mission to Beijing. Students will use augmented reality to look inside the circulatory system and see how it powers the human body-helping them gain a deeper understanding of how our bodies work. The metaverse will help students gain more hands-on experience. ASA HUTCHINSON, former Vice President MIKE PENCE and former New Jersey Gov. … Thursday: The Faith and Freedom Coalition will kickstart its three-day conference on social conservative values, which will feature speeches from Trump, DeSantis, Haley and Scott as well as former Arkansas Gov. TIM SCOTT joins Sean Hannity for a pre-taped Fox News town hall that airs at 9 p.m. And at 6 p.m., former President DONALD TRUMP sits down with Fox News’s BRET BAIER for his first interview since his arraignment. NIKKI HALEY hosts a town hall in her home state of South Carolina at 1:30 p.m.
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TRAIL WEEK AHEAD - We might still be 17 months away from the 2024 election - and a full half-year from the first GOP primary - but the campaign trail is going to be hopping this week as candidates raise money, take their cases to television and - for the Republicans, anyway - try to steal some attention from former President DONALD TRUMP. | POOL/AFP via Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY The big headline of the morning is focused on events occurring half a world away: Chinese President Xi Jinping met briefly with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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