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Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea remain flashpoints, while the US is eager to see more progress on the curbing of China’s supply of the chemicals to used to make fentanyl.
Chinese officials and state media have cast doubt over the extent of possible progress, with a China Daily editorial saying that both sides “have been largely talking past each other”.
“On the conflict in Ukraine, the world can see it clearly that the Ukraine issue is not an issue between China and the US; and the US side should not turn it into one,” it said.
Blinken is likely to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping today before he returns to Washington in the evening, although neither side has yet confirmed a meeting.
He is also meeting China’s minister of public security, Wang Xiaohong.
Ahead of the talks, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also signalled that the Biden administration was not taking any options off the table for responding to China’s excess industrial capacity.
Yellen told Reuters Next in an interview in Washington that China exporting its way to full employment is not acceptable to the rest of the world.
Blinken arrived in Beijing on Thursday from Shanghai, where he urged China to provide a level playing field for US businesses.
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