Blinken says he challenged China’s Xi on Russia war support – BBC News
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he raised concerns about China’s support for Russia during a meeting with President Xi JinpingRussia’s invasion of Ukraine would “struggle” without China, Blinken tells reporters from Beijing at the end of a three-day tripXi earlier told the top US diplomat that China and the US should be “partners, not rivals” and avoid engaging in “vicious competition”Earlier, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi cautioned Blinken against stepping on China’s “red lines”The China-US relationship is beginning to stabilise, but it is still being tested by “negative factors”, he addedHis trip comes a few days after the US passed a law that would force Chinese-owned TikTok to sell the video app or be banned in AmericaLast week, Washington approved its latest aid package which included military assistance to Taiwan, drawing sharp criticism from Beijing