A big Chinese delegation unnerves U.S. diplomats in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. diplomats have been so worried about the size and intent of a Chinese delegation in Switzerland this week that they’re trying to arrange a meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken with a Swiss official while he’s in the country for the World Economic Forum.
The discussion about adjusting Blinken’s schedule — laid out in a State Department document obtained by POLITICO — appears designed to ensure that famously neutral Switzerland doesn’t feel jaded by Washington amid potential wooing by Beijing.
It comes as U.S.-Chinese tensions are rising once more over the fate of Taiwan, which drew Beijing’s ire over the weekend by electing a president whose party has called for independence from China.
The Chinese delegation is expected to spend time in the Swiss........
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