Antony Blinken actually said...

"Last year, I set out the Administration's comprehensive PRC strategy to 'invest, align, compete.'"

"We are communicating, every single engagement... every single engagement that I have had with a Chinese counterpart."

"One of the concerns that we have going back some years is that Beijing no longer seems to accept the status quo in Taiwan."

"We do not seek conflict with China, or a new Cold War, we are not trying to contain China."