http://emdrive.echothis.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=MayLudlum717331 2026-09-10T15:32:03Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.41.1 http://emdrive.echothis.com/index.php?title=US_CIA_Chief_Burns_Visited_China_In_May&diff=337170 2024-08-08T01:50:14Z

<p>MayLudlum717331: </p> <hr /> <div>By Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt&lt;br&gt; WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - CIA director [https://realitysandwich.com/_search/?search=William%20Burns William Burns] visited China last month for talks with Chinese counterparts, two U.S.&lt;br&gt;officials said on Friday as Washington seeks to boost [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=communications communications] with Beijing.&lt;br&gt; &quot;Last month, Director Burns traveled to Beijing where he met with Chinese counterparts and emphasized the importance of maintaining open lines of communication in intelligence channels,&quot; one of the officials told Reuters.&lt;br&gt; News of the visit by the head of the U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;intelligence agency, first reported by the Financial Times, comes as President Joe [https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=Biden%27s%20administration Biden's administration] has been pressing to maintain open lines and schedule meetings between various top officials in Washington and [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=Beijing%20amid Beijing amid] tense relations.&lt;br&gt; Burns, a veteran U.S.&lt;br&gt;diplomat before leading the CIA, has made dozens of sensitive overseas trips as head of the agency, [https://www.buzzfeed.com/search?q=including including] to hold talks with Russian counterparts, as well as the Taliban in [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=Afghanistan Afghanistan]. U.S. officials are careful to stress that his intelligence-related missions are not directly linked to U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;diplomacy.&lt;br&gt; The CIA, which does not regularly announce such visits, [https://www.ulugarden.com/amp penipu] declined to comment on the China trip.&lt;br&gt; Ties between the world's two largest economies are strained over issues ranging from Taiwan and China's human rights record to military activity in the South China Sea.&lt;br&gt; U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a planned February trip to China after an alleged Chinese spy balloon flew through U.S. airspace over sensitive military sites, kicking off a diplomatic crisis.&lt;br&gt; But the White House has said efforts are continuing to facilitate visits by Blinken, as well as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.&lt;br&gt; Some Biden administration critics have questioned U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;overtures to China, arguing that past decades of engagement have failed to change its line on a range of trade, security and human rights issues.&lt;br&gt; U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shook hands with China's Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu on the sidelines of a security summit in Singapore but the two did not have a &quot;substantive exchange,&quot; the Pentagon said on Friday.&lt;br&gt; China earlier declined a formal meeting between Austin and Li, who is under U.S.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;sanctions, during the Shangri-La security summit taking place over the next few days.&lt;br&gt; Separately, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday that the U.S. wanted to engage with China &quot;without preconditions&quot; on nuclear arms control issues, but that Beijing continued to be unwilling.&lt;br&gt; &quot;Simply put, we have not yet seen a willingness for the PRC (People's Republic of China) to compartmentalize strategic stability from broader issues in the relationship,&quot; Sullivan said in a speech at the Arms Control Association, noting that this had been the bedrock of nuclear and strategic security for decades.&lt;br&gt; &quot;That's why we're also ready to engage China without preconditions, helping ensure that competition is managed, and that competition does not veer into conflict,&quot; Sullivan said.&lt;br&gt; Sullivan said he broached the issue in two days of talks in Vienna with China's top diplomat Wang Yi last month.&lt;br&gt; &quot;We'll see what the PRC chooses to do,&quot; he said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Reporting by Michael Martina, Jonathan Landay, David Brunnstrom and Susan Heavey in Washington Editing by Tim Ahmann, Alistair Bell, Matthew Lewis and Don Durfee)&lt;br&gt;</div>

MayLudlum717331 http://emdrive.echothis.com/index.php?title=User:MayLudlum717331&diff=337168 2024-08-08T01:50:04Z

<p>MayLudlum717331: Created page with &quot;Hi, everybody! &lt;br&gt;I'm Bengali female :D. &lt;br&gt;I like Antiquities!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Have a look at my web blog [https://www.ulugarden.com/amp penipu]&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Hi, everybody! &lt;br&gt;I'm Bengali female :D. &lt;br&gt;I like Antiquities!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Have a look at my web blog [https://www.ulugarden.com/amp penipu]</div>

MayLudlum717331