Blinken backs Biden's branding of Xi as dictator

The insult against China's leader was merely a matter of the US president speaking candidly, America's top diplomat has claimed

US President Joe Biden's controversial comment last week referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a "dictator" came right at the time Washington was making a diplomatic push to mend ties with Beijing, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed the affront won't h