Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Monday, July 15, 2024 78° Today's Paper

Photo Galleries

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and said they agreed to “stabilize” badly deteriorated U.S.-China ties, but America’s top diplomat left Beijing with his biggest ask rebuffed: better communications between their militaries.

By Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP

June 19, 2023

1/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, walks as he arrives to meet with China's top diplomat Wang Yi, not in photo, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
2/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, walks to a meeting with China's top diplomat Wang Yi, not in photo, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
3/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, meets with China's top diplomat Wang Yi, second right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
4/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second left, meets with China's top diplomat Wang Yi, not in photo, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
5/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with China's top diplomat Wang Yi, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
6/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
7/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
8/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
9/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Chinese President Xi Jinping stands as he waits to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
10/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, fourth left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and Wang Yi, Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief, third right, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
11/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
12/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
13/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
14/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures as he meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
15/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference in the Beijing American Center at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
16/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference in the Beijing American Center at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
17/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference in the Beijing American Center at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19.
18/18
Swipe or click to see more

LEAH MILLS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane for travel to London from Beijing, Monday, June 19.

Related Story

Blinken, Xi pledge to stabilize deteriorated U.S.-China ties
Previous Gallery
Multiple tornadoes sweep through Mississippi
Next Gallery
Honolulu Emergency Services Department celebrates Iwilei opening

More Photo Galleries

Subscriber Favorites

Flip through MidWeek online

Looking Back


Honolulu Local Business Guide