Antony Blinken

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

I could not agree with you more on the imperative of this challenge.

Last year, we seized enough fentanyl to kill every single American.

The rest of the world needs to see economic benefits by being aligned.

We are acting at a deficit, at a disadvantage.

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

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…

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

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.

If we're serious about this competition, we must demonstrate the same diplomatic seriousness of purpose across the board.

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

We are not demanding that other countries 'choose' between us and China--but rather, are offering a more attractive choice.

We are not trying to contain China.

The world is watching how we--and Beijing--manage this relationship.

This Administration is committed to leading a bipartisan, whole-of-government China strategy that advances U.S. interests and values.

China represents the most consequential geopolitical challenge we face today.

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

The unacceptable violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law by the PRC high-altitude surveillance balloon in U.S. territorial airspace must never again occur.

What we have done every single step along the way is to try to adjust to where the war was, where the aggression was, to give the Ukrainians what they need to take back, yes to take back the land that had been seized from them.

This Administration has utilized, and will continue to utilize, a wide range of tools and diplomatic tactics to promote accountability for PRC officials' and entities' involvement in atrocities in Xinjiang.

We do. I think--let me put it this way, in my capacity as Secretary of State, I have signed out more cases for Taiwan than any of my predecessors.

The policy that administration after administration has pursued over 5 decades, Republican and Democrats alike, grounded in the One China Policy, the Taiwan Relations Act, of the Three Communiques, or Six Assurances, has done very well.

One of the reasons that we established the Global Engagement Center was precisely to be able to push back effectively on that, but with the truth, not with misinformation or disinformation.

We are engaged in an intense competition with China across many areas, but it is not in our interest for that competition to veer into conflict.