Beijing preps sharp, cold shoulder for Blinken visit

The administration describes Blinken's trip as part of a longer-term effort to cool the bilateral rancor that has effectively frozen high-level diplomatic dialogue for almost five months. "It's not a matter of one trip and one conversation," the senior State Department official said. Blinken will use his Beijing meetings "to disabuse China of some of the misperceptions it has about what we're trying to do even as we're also very clear about our intent when it comes to standing up for our interests and trying to advance our values." U.S. officials say Blinken's agenda will include tensions over Taiwan, unjustly…