In this Sept. 23, 2022, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken (left) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Week, in New York City. Credit: U.S. State Department photo
The Diplomat: Blinken, Wang Have First China-US Talks Since 20th Party Congress
Chinese foreign minister stressed to his U.S. counterpart that Washington should not expect Beijing to change course.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked on the phone on Monday. It was their first conversation — and the first high-level China-U.S. exchange — since the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded on October 22.
At the party meeting, Wang was elevated to the party’s Politburo. That indicates he is to replace outgoing Yang Jiechi as China’s top diplomat – formally, the director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, the CCP’s foreign policy body. Wang will move out of his foreign minister post along with the promotion.
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WNU Editor: This meeting did not go well. There is no common ground right now between the two sides.
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