Blinken Raises US Concerns in Talk With China’s Foreign Minister in Laos

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday told his Chinese counterpart that the United States and its partners will advance a “vision for free and open Indo-Pacific,” on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian regional forum in Laos.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a readout that Mr. Blinken and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi had “open and productive discussions” on numerous important issues. The two were in Laos Vientiane to participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings.
It marks the sixth meeting between Mr. Blinken and Mr. Wang since last year. The meeting comes as China is increasingly aggressive against Taiwan and the Philippines, as well as tensions between China and the United States over Beijing’s role in Russia’s war in Ukraine….