Military bases and Biden quips complicate thaw of U.S.-China ties
Almost the moment Blinken set foot on the departing plane, U.S. officials began to float next steps, which would include a Biden-Xi call and, eventually, a meeting to follow their encounter last fall in Bali, Indonesia. Among the options under early consideration, according to officials: an in-person discussion on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in New Delhi in September or at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in San Francisco two months later.
“We have planes that are conducting surveillance right along the Chinese coast, so of course they want to have the same capability near the United States,” Sanner continued. “They can’t fly equivalent EC-135s, so the only choice they really have is something like Cuba and so they’re going to pursue that. That’s part of the world of espionage.
Not only did Biden use the d-word, but he also seemingly revealed sensitive — and embarrassing — intelligence the U.S. obtained about Xi’s lack of awareness of the balloon’s flight. White House aides did not immediately have a public response to Biden’s remarks, though some privately — and warily — noted that many politicians tend to speak too comfortably in front of a friendly crowd of donors.
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