Antony Blinken

We will purposefully engage with Beijing, not as a favor, or with engagement as an end unto itself, but in ways that reflects our values and where we can find areas of cooperation that are in our mutual interest.

Our budget proposal will allow us to further deepen our diplomatic footprint in the Indo-Pacific.

if we were to end up in that world, our ability to do things, that on a bipartisan basis Congress supports, including support for Ukraine and its neighbors, including countering harmful PRC influence, and resourcing our Indo-Pacific…

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

This is the number one killer of Americans aged 18 to 49.

I think country-after-country around the world is increasingly making clear to Beijing that that would have catastrophic consequences for everyone.

China represents the most consequential geopolitical challenge that we face today; a country with the intent and, increasingly, the capability to challenge our vision for a free, open, secure, and prosperous international order.

We are not trying to contain China.

We are acting at a deficit, at a disadvantage.

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

We are not trying to contain China.

We do... we have a challenge is on the production end.

China represents the most consequential geopolitical challenge we face today.

That leaves a vacuum. And guess who fills the vacuum? Increasingly, it is China.

We are determined to do that.

It would reduce our efforts to engage and build the kinds of partnerships we need to push back against that influence.

The policy that administration after administration has pursued over 5 decades... has done very well.

We are determined to do that.

We have seen far more people dedicated to trying to interdict the fentanyl, to break up the labs, et cetera.

China represents the most consequential geopolitical challenge that we face today; a country with the intent and, increasingly, the capability to challenge our vision for a free, open, secure, and prosperous international order.

not being a part of that is a self-inflicted wound.

not being a part of that is a self-inflicted wound.

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

That leaves a vacuum. And guess who fills the vacuum? Increasingly, it is China.

I think country-after-country around the world is increasingly making clear to Beijing that that would have catastrophic consequences for everyone.