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China and the US are locked in struggle -- and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations

  • Written by Krista Wiegand, Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee
imageUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

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