What Was That Chinese Balloon Really Up To?
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Blinken's Visit to China
China understands that Joe Biden is going to rattle the saber just like Xi Jinping is doing in the other direction. How do you get past that kind of moment of, I don't know, political theater to make sure that it doesn't become something else? It's keeping those lines of communication open and the back channels open because they'll understand that Xi Jinping has to sound tough.
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