Biden's national security adviser holds two days of talks in Malta with China's foreign minister

"A senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters on the talks said the two sides did not discuss the whereabouts of Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public since Aug. 29Speculation about Li's standing comes after Qin Gang was abruptly removed in July as foreign minister, a change announced weeks after he had disappeared from public view earlier in the summer."

""As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark," Emanuel wrote on X, formerly Twitter.Asked why Sullivan did not raise the issue with Wang, the administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting, said the talks were focused on the bilateral relationship."

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""As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark," Emanuel wrote on X, formerly Twitter.Asked why Sullivan did not raise the issue with Wang, the administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting, said the talks were focused on the bilateral relationship."

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"The Sullivan-Wang meeting comes as Biden and other world leaders are set to take part in the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly."

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"The Sullivan-Wang meeting comes as Biden and other world leaders are set to take part in the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly."

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"The White House said Sullivan and Wang discussed the relationship between the two countries, global and regional security issues, Russia's war in Ukraine and the Taiwan Strait."

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"A senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters on the talks said the two sides did not discuss the whereabouts of Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public since Aug. 29Speculation about Li's standing comes after Qin Gang was abruptly removed in July as foreign minister, a change aounced weeks after he had disappeared from public view earlier in the summer."

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"Biden is scheduled to address the world body on Tuesday and meet with leaders of five Central Asian nations -- Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.nn"

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"The Biden administration shot down a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental U.S. earlier this year."

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"Yet Biden said last Sunday at a news conference in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi that those alliances are not about a "cold war" with China."

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"Biden has said he hopes to soon meet with Xi."

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"The Chinese government hacked the emails of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo."

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"During his own summit in May with the Central Asian leaders, Xi promised to build more railway and other trade links with the region and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sourcesSullivan told reporters last week that Biden's meeting with those leaders should not be seen as an effort to counterbalance Chinese influence in the region."

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"During his own summit in May with the Central Asian leaders, Xi promised to build more railway and other trade links with the region and proposed jointly developing oil and gas sourcesSullivan told reporters last week that Biden's meeting with those leaders should not be seen as an effort to counterbalance Chinese influence in the region."

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"President Joe Biden recently spoke with Chinese Premier Li Qiang while in India at the Group of 20 summit and told reporters afterward that they had talked about "stability" and "it wasn't confrontational at all."

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"Biden's ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, used a social media posting last week to take note of Li's situation."

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"Biden's ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, used a social media posting last week to take note of Li's situation."

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""nnBiden has worked to strengthen relations with Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam and others to counterbalance China's influence across the Pacific Region."

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"Sullivan also met with Malta's prime minister, Robert Abela."

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"Sullivan and Wang last met in May in Viea f or talks."

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"The White House said in a statement that Jake Sullivan and Chinese envoy Wang Yi had "candid, substantive and constructive discussions" as the world's two largest economies try "to maintain open lines of communication.""

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"President Joe Biden's national security adviser met with China's foreign minister over the past two days on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta in an effort that the White House said Sunday was intended to "responsibly maintain the relationship" at a time of strained ties and mutual suspicion between the rival powers."

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""Look, this summit is not against any country," Sullivan said, previewing the meeting."

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