In Munich, China Scolds US, Harris Decries Putin

48 hours prior to the convening of the Munich Security Conference, I offered a gentle reminder to those hoping for rapprochement between the US and China. Even if Antony Blinken did meet with his counterpart this weekend, Wang Yi "isn't exactly famous for affability," I dryly remarked. Blinken was scheduled to visit Beijing recently, but the balloon fiasco shot down those plans. In recent days, the Chinese foreign ministry adopted a characteristically caustic cadence in deriding the Biden admi