After many doubts in the China media, the reasonably cordial meeting gave leader Xi Jinping a chance to present the country to the world as a reasonable partner.
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing on Sunday for two days of talks with top officials, people in China were skeptical.
“This is good for China’s international image, for its grand narrative,” said Shen Dingli, a Shanghai-based scholar of international relations. “Xi is trying to address a global audience,” said John Delury, professor of Chinese studies at Yonsei University in Seoul. “He’s almost speaking past the U.S.”Expectations on both sides could hardly have been lower going into the trip. The secretary had called off a visit in February after a Chinese spy balloon
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