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First US official visits China marking a low-key return to dialogue after Blinken cancellation
•Rick Waters, who heads the State Department's new so-called 'China House' that supervises US policy toward Beijing, travelled to Beijing as well as Shanghai and Hong Kong
Little room for manoeuvre as ties between US, China slide further
Ajeyo Basu •Blinken did meet with China's top diplomat Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference last month after the balloon incident, but this did not soothe tensions. A source familiar with that conversation called it the most antagonistic U.S.-China engagement since contentious talks in Alaska
China watching world's response to Ukraine war, has not crossed lethal aid line, says top US diplomat
Fp Staff •The Russian invasion has sparked debate about how the conflict may alter China's military thinking about Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing regards as Chinese territory
"Excellent meeting": Quad leaders Blinken and Wong laud the group's meeting held by India
Fp Staff •Blinken said that the Quad recognizes that the Indo-Pacific region will shape the trajectory of the world in the 21st century and are committed to safeguarding its peace, stability, and growing prosperity.
How dangerous was the Chinese ‘spy’ balloon flying over US? Did Beijing target India, other countries in the past?
Fp Explainers •It turns out that the Chinese balloon floating over the US was not an isolated incident. Officials in the Biden administration claim that Beijing runs a vast surveillance programme and countries like India and Japan have been targeted
Will support Israel in case of war with Iran, says US
Fp Staff •With Benjamin Netanyahu - who is known as a hawk on affairs concerning Palestine - being elected as the new prime minister of Israel, there is widespread concern that a fresh round of hostilities between Iran and Israel may be in the offing
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vows unwavering support for Israel despite unease over government
•Blinken said the Joe Biden administration would engage with Benjamin Netanyahu's government based on its policies and not on personalities
US religious freedom report: Limited use and unintended consequences
Chintamanimahapatra •It would perhaps be in the best interest of India-US strategic partnership that the top US State Department officials refrain from publicly commenting on state of religious freedom in India
US praises "remarkable courage" as anti-hijab protests rock Iran
•Anthony Blinken was joined by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who has championed women's rights, and Rob Malley, the US pointman on Iran who has led months of talks in a bid to restore a 2015 nuclear accord
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounces referendums in Ukraine as Russian 'land grab'
•In a strongly worded statement, Blinken said that Russia has forced much of the population in areas it seized to flee and compelled Ukraine's citizens that remained to cast ballots at gunpoint, in fear for their safety, and the safety of their loved ones