US officials brief ahead of Blinken's address to the United Nations due Friday 07 May 2021.

  • Will defend 'rules-based order'
  • to keep pressure on China during the speech

US Secretary of State Blinken will deliver the speech in a virtual UN event.

Russia's Lavrov and China's Wang Yi will also speak.

US officials brief ahead of Blinken's address to the United Nations due Friday 07 May 2021.

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The increase in US pressure on China in recent years has resulted in the Chinese Communist Party taking its revenge on smaller countries, such as Australia. Yesterday the reprisals continued with