Blinken blasts China'a support for Russia, calls out Xi

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) speaks to the media next to US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (R) at the office of Japan's prime minister in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. - Blinken arrived on July 11 on a previously unscheduled stop to Tokyo to offer condolences in person over the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI/ AFP)

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (pic) blasted Beijing over its support of Russia after emerging from more than five hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

During a meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Blinken on Saturday (July 9) said he told Wang that China wasn’t neutral on the Ukraine war because there’s no such thing as being neutral when there is a clear aggressor.