Blinken credits US diplomacy for slowing China’s expansion of spying, basing overseas

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Ahead of his visit to Beijing later this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said that the Biden administration has taken diplomatic measures that have slowed down China’s attempt to project military strength around the world. When asked at a press conference about Washington’s response to a Wall Street Journal report last week that cited US officials saying a new spying effort was underway on Cuba, Blinken said China’s efforts in Cuba were part of a global effort by Beijing to expand its presence overseas, and that US actions to address this since President Joe Biden came...