Blinken’s visit to China hopes to foster a better relationship between the two superpowers

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US secretary of state Anthony Blinken: he failed to persuade China to establish a military-to-military crisis communications system to avoid accidental clashes in the Taiwan Straits and the South China Sea. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP As he wrapped up his two-day visit to Beijing on Monday, US secretary of state Antony Blinken was candid about the limits of its success. The two sides remain at odds over everything from Taiwan to human rights, China’s use of economic coercion and the US’s application of unilateral sanctions. Blinken failed to persuade China to establish a military-to-military crisis communications system to avoid accidental clashes...