While Blinken eventually travelled to China in June, alleviating a diplomatic row between the two countries, tensions have persisted. The alleged espionage also comes after a 21-year-old airman leaked hundreds of classified US military documents on Discord, a chat platform popular with gamers, including assessments of the war in Ukraine and Beijing’s ability to deploy a high-altitude spy drone. Both sailors arrested on Wednesday had security clearances. It was not clear whether either service member knew about the other’s alleged actions. “The People’s Republic of China’s continuing ability to exploit vulnerabilities, particularly financial vulnerabilities, of the cleared community is of…