Starting with the US, Wang Yi visited the United States just once during the Biden presidency. Wang rebuked Blinken and the president's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, then for imposing sanctions on Chinese officials 24 hours before the meeting, as per the media portal. "This is not supposed to be the way one should welcome his guests," Wang said at the outset of the talks. In a not-so-subtle way, Wang is setting up a fight for Asia, with China in one corner and the United States in the other.