Xi Jinping holding court with Blinken and the US ambassador to China Nick Burns on the left. Lots of imposing misty mountain paintings in Chinese meeting rooms, I've noticed.

'Excuse us, can we get in?'

Skillful diplomacy from Dan Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, as he gets stuck in traffic with other US officials en route to a bilateral meeting with Blinken and China's Minister of Public Security.

My latest fom Beijing as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns Blinken that 'negative factors' are building in the US-China relationship, despite stabilization efforts by Biden and Xi. (Photos from me.)

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THIS.

Also, now that it's summer, my daily bike commute now faces rental ebike riders and people on scooters coming down the bike lane in the wrong direction, weaving around across intersections, etc.

My latest fom Beijing as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns Blinken that 'negative factors' are building in the US-China relationship, despite stabilization efforts by Biden and Xi. (Photos from me.)

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56 weeks.
#FreeEvan
#IStandWithEvan

A rare non-televised major US trial is really bringing out the very best in New York sketch artists

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Onlookers gathered outside Amcham in Shanghai

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My latest from Shanghai as Secretary Antony Blinken's visit to China continues.

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