US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit reassures a region caught between the rival sides.
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden last met in Bali on the sidelines of the G20 summit in late 2022If China's neighbours, near and far, could have sent Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden a text in the last 48 hours, it would probably have been some version of: "Can you two please sort things out?"
"Everyone is learning to live with China-US rivalry, but no-one wants to choose between them," says John Delury, Professor of Chinese Studies at Seoul's Yonsei University. "There will be some relief to see these two countries acting like grown-ups." And yet the lacklustre readouts, with no breakthroughs and plenty of qualifiers, have been greeted with hope, rather than disappointment. That's how low expectations were.Relations between Washington and Beijing have been so fraught that the Americans came hoping to avert a conflict, a growing risk that has alarmed the region.
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