The U.S. is prepared to act against Chinese companies supporting Russia's war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official told reporters, highlighting it as an issue Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise on his trip to China next week.
The U.S. is prepared to act against Chinese companies supporting Russia 's war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official told reporters, highlighting it as an issue Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise on his trip to China next week.
But calmer relations did not mean the U.S. would sacrifice its capacity to strengthen alliances and defend its interests, the official said. The U.S. has been bracing for Taiwan's May 20 presidential inauguration and will urge restraint by Beijing even as China's military has ramped up activity near the island.
Blinken will also raise the crisis in the Middle East, China's provocations in the South China Sea, the crisis in Myanmar and North Korea's "threatening rhetoric and reckless actions," the official said, downplaying the prospect of breakthroughs on any of the issues.
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