Blinken Plans to Meet With Top Chinese Officials in Beijing
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The State Department announced on Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken planned to leave on Friday for a visit to Beijing to stress to Chinese officials “the importance of maintaining open lines of communication to responsibly manage” the relationship between the two nations.
Mr. Blinken also plans to “raise bilateral issues of concern, global and regional matters, and potential cooperation on shared transnational challenges,” the State Department said.
The trip is one that Mr. Blinken had to reschedule after canceling a planned visit on the day of his departure in early February, when a Chinese spy balloon flying over the United States caused a political and public uproar. He plans to meet with officials for two days in Beijing before flying to a conference in London focused on the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Source: The New York Times
