China cautions Japan ahead of US-Japan summit
April 5, 2021
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi bump elbows as they meet amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Tokyo. Wang has cautioned Japan against teaming up with the U.S. to counter China, ahead of a U.S.-Japan summit on April 16, 2021. Wang said that Japan should not be misled by countries holding a biased view against China. He made the remarks in a phone conversation Monday evening, April 5, 2021 with Motegi. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)Issei Kato/AP
China cautions Japan as it speaks up before Biden, Suga meet
KEN MORITSUGU and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press
April 6, 2021
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi bump elbows as they meet amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Tokyo. Wang has cautioned Japan against teaming up with the U.S. to counter China, ahead of a U.S.-Japan summit on April 16, 2021. Wang said that Japan should not be misled by countries holding a biased view against China. He made the remarks in a phone conversation Monday evening, April 5, 2021 with Motegi. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)Issei Kato/AP
White House sets low expectations for China talks in Alaska
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
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Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, speaks to Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan s foreign minister, and Nobuo Kishi, Japan s defense minister, both not pictured, during the two plus two security talks at Iikura guest house in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP)Kiyoshi Ota/AP
The White House is setting low expectations ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s first face-to-face meeting with their Chinese counterparts in Anchorage, Alaska.