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ABC-Blinken Visit To China Postponed Over 'Spy' Balloon

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ABC News reporting that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's scheduled visit to China in the coming days has been postponed due to the fallout from the sighting of a Chinese 'spy' balloon near to US military facilities in the state of Montana. Blinken had been due to meet President Xi Jinping and his counterpart Qin Gang.

  • There was the potential that Blinken's visit would have been part of a 'stepladder' of meetings between senior US and Chinese officials setting the stage for a meeting between Xi and President Joe Biden. The cancellation of the trip could set back the prospect of a cooling of tensions between the US and China by months.

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