Antony Blinken heads to China with warning for Beijing over support of Russia

Antony Blinken was due to land in China on Wednesday, amid a worsening rift between the world's two most powerful countries that threatens to overshadow otherwise improving relations. The US secretary of state is coming with a warning that the US and its European allies are no longer prepared to tolerate China's sale of weapon components and dual-use products to Russia, which are helping Vladimir Putin rebuild and modernise his arms factories, enabling him to intensify his onslaught on Ukraine. Relations between China and the US had been warmer recently, with Beijing significantly less bellicose in its military posturing in…