“You can feel that the temperature has dropped slightly to a certain degree,” RIA Novosti quotes Blinken.

According to the secretary of state, the countries of the world "understand" that building relations between China and the United States "will affect them."

It is noted that in February Blinken will go on a visit to Beijing.

Earlier it was reported that the United States will finance a program to promote American values ​​and culture in China.

The State Department also confirmed Blinken's plans to visit China in February.