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After Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped his visit to China on Friday, discussions started to circulate on social media alleging the country had snubbed America’s top diplomat by not giving him a send-off befitting his status. “Humiliation: Blinken departed China, and only the U.S. ambassador said farewell at the airport,” read one such post on X (formerly Twitter) that had racked up nearly 30,000 views by Saturday afternoon. The now-deleted post shared a similar comment by another netizen—”U.S. Secretary of State Blinken left Beijing to return home this evening, but we did not send anyone to send him off.”…
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