US Will Look to China, Japan for Help Against IS

In his trip to Asia next week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to discuss with Beijing and Tokyo ways they can help degrade and defeat the Islamic State extremists, a senior State Department official said. Blinken, a former deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama, is to be received at high levels of government in Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul. The official said that talks in Beijing would focus on the economy, as well as immediate security...

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