Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy

Thu, 11/16/2023 - 05:58

Antony Blinken appeared to be taken aback by President Joe Biden's description of Xi Jinping as a dictator at a press conference on November 15, 2023.

NBC

President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping sought to smooth relations at a meeting Wednesday.
Yet hours after the carefully choreographed event, Biden described Xi as a "dictator."
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's reaction told its own story.

A video has captured the moment US Secretary of State Antony Blinken winces after President Biden calls Chinese leader Xi Jinping a "dictator".