Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

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The bill also allots $26 billion in wartime assistance to Israel and humanitarian relief to Palestinians in Gaza, and $61 billion for Ukraine to defend itself from Russia’s invasion. The Biden administration has been disappointed in China’s response to the war in Gaza and has complained loudly that Chinese support for Russia’s military-industrial sector has allowed Moscow to subvert Western sanctions and ramp up attacks on Ukraine.

“If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can’t on the other hand be fueling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War,” Blinken said last week.

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Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill

Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill