The Hill: Xi rejects US offer to set up military crisis hotline, Blinken says
China rejected a U.S. offer to set up a direct military line of communication between Washington and Beijing that is a priority goal for the Biden administration, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.
Blinken’s remarks came at a press conference shortly after he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a rare exception to diplomatic protocol that signals the seriousness with which Beijing took Blinken’s visit and the relationship.
But Blinken said that while he “repeatedly” raised the need for the U.S. and Chinese militaries to have a crisis communication line to quickly tamp down tensions and walk back confrontations, “at this moment, China has not agreed to move forward with that.”
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WNU Editor: They could not even agree to set up a military crisis hotline. This basically sums up how this two day visit to China by US Secretary of State Blinken went.
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@thorstenbenner observes:
"Very telling on Beijing‘s thinking about risks. Beijing seems to regard mil/to-mil direct channels as encouraging reckless US behavior (since it‘s easier for US to test limits with crisis communication channels working well)."
good point 1:44 PM
Also I wonder if the Chinese don't want to give their military authority to communicate with Americans?
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