US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) walks with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang (R) ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to cool U.S.-China tensions that have overshadowed geopolitics in recent months.
The trip by Blinken makes him the highest-level American official to visit China since Joe Biden became U.S. president and the first U.S. secretary of state to make the trip in nearly five years.
Blinken's original travel plans for February were disrupted by news of an alleged Chinese spy balloon flying over U.S. airspace.
Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory, with no right to conduct diplomatic relations on its own.
Persons:
Antony Blinken, Qin Gang, Wang Yi, Blinken, Joe Biden, Qin, previosuly, Xi Jinping, Matthew Miller, Nancy Pelosi
Organizations:
China's Foreign, Sunday, Foreign, U.S, U.S ., U.S . House
Locations:
Diaoyutai, Beijing, China, U.S, State, Singapore, Taiwan