Blinken Says Only China Can Truly Challenge Global System (2)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the U.S.’s dealings with China the defining test of the century, as he set out a broad agenda that he said would do more to ensure that foreign policy benefits ordinary Americans.

Blinken said the U.S. approach to China will be “competitive when it should be, collaborative when it can be and adversarial when it must be.”

Antony Blinken

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“China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system,” Blinken said in remarks delivered by video from the State Department.

The speech, Blinken’s ...