Blinken to China, Republican Party ‘Damaging National Security’ Blinken to Korea, ‘Mature Diplomacy’
The Republican Party of the United States announced a 'recall of the minister' on the Secretary of State's visit to China, saying that 'normalization of diplomatic relations with China would undermine national security', and Secretary of State Blinken called Foreign Minister Park Jin, "We support Korea's efforts to develop a healthy and mature cooperative relationship with China," he said.
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Michael McCall (R-Texas) threatened to subpoena Blinken if he did not submit a document by the evening of the 16th detailing a list of retaliatory measures the U.S. government was considering against China and the timing of their application, the New York Times reported. reported on the 17th.
On the 13th, the presidential office said to the Chinese ambassador in Korea, "We are waiting for the Chinese side to consider this issue and take appropriate measures from us," and a Chinese spokesperson announced on the 14th.
Representative Alice Stephanick (New York), the 4th Republican in the House, said in a statement, "The Biden administration's weak actions on the world stage continue to embolden the CCP (People's Republic of China)." "We will legalize the continued subversion of our (U.S.) sovereignty by the United States," he said, as "undermining national security."
Minister Blinken said of his visit to China on the 16th, "We aim to establish open and empowered communication."
Blinken, who arrived in Beijing on the 18th for a top-level visit by a Biden administration official, said in a statement that he discussed bilateral relations, relations between China and South Korea, and North Korea in a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Jin Park on the 17th.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on the 17th that U.S. Secretary of State Blinken “said he supported South Korea’s efforts to develop a ‘healthy and mature’ cooperative relationship with China,” Reuters reported.
Reuters reported, “At the multilateral summit at the end of the year, it may set the stage for a meeting between Xi Jinping and Biden.” “President Biden said on the 17th that he hopes to meet President Xi Jinping in the coming months.” .
At the APEC summit to be held in November in San Francisco, the U.S.-China summit is highly likely to be held during Minister Blinken's visit to China, and it seems that he had a phone call with the Korean foreign minister prior to being checked by the pro-communist party in Korea.
Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher (Wisconsin) told the New York Times that "strong military deterrence and engagement have been cut off? I'm not really sure what it will achieve."
Senator Robert Menendez (New Jersey) of the Democratic Foreign Relations Committee told the New York Times about the summit that he hoped the summit would "create some level of communication, especially on the defense side, to defuse the conflict with Beijing."
Regarding the "list of retaliatory measures against China" that McCall's Foreign Affairs Committee (Republican Party) demanded from the Secretary of State, the NYT said, "Trying to prove that he deliberately dragged his feet into punishing China by asking State Department officials for a so-called competitive action schedule." "This document shows how long it took the department to implement certain measures, such as sanctions or export controls, after they were announced," he said.
Relations between Korea and China deteriorated on the 8th when Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming met with Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myeong and remarks, “Betting that the US will win and China will lose is clearly a wrong decision” were made public. In response to the protest, China also summoned Ambassador Jeong Jae-ho to China, and in particular, the Korean President's Office demanded 'appropriate measures' from the Chinese authorities and the summoning and replacement of Ambassador Xing. Exchange is a job,” he responded.