![]() ![]() We are prepared to compete with the Chinese, and we are, when necessary, to confront the Chinese. “The president has said we see China as the adversary it is. Thomas-Greenfield also reiterated Sunday that the US is prepared to “compete” with China. “The secretary was quite blunt in warning about the implications and consequences of China providing material support to Russia or assisting Russia with systematic sanctions evasion,” a senior State Department official told reporters. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the issue when he met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Saturday on the sidelines of the conference, officials said. The officials would not describe in detail what intelligence the US has seen suggesting a recent shift in China’s posture but said US officials have been concerned enough that they have shared the intelligence with allies and partners at the Munich Security Conference over the past several days. US warns allies at Munich that China may increase support for RussiaĪs CNN previously reported, the US has begun seeing “disturbing” trendlines in China’s support for Russia’s military, and there are signs that Beijing wants to “creep up to the line” of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, US officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN. (Photo by Petr David Josek / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PETR DAVID JOSEK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Petr David Josek/AFP/Pool/Getty Images United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (center at L) at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.
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