President Biden had bet that high-level dialogue could help manage an escalating rivalry over trade, technology and the status of Taiwan.
After logging all those miles, the question now is whether China will reciprocate by sending senior Chinese ministers to Washington.
The United States has publicly invited China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, but he has yet to accept.
The last senior Chinese official to travel to Washington was China’s commerce minister, Wang Wentao, who visited in late May.
China has much to gain from dispatching officials to the United States.
Persons:
Gina Raimondo, Biden, Antony J, Blinken, Janet L, John Kerry, Wang Yi, Wang Wentao, China’s, Xi Jinping
Organizations:
Taiwan, United
Locations:
China, Beijing, Washington, United States, San Francisco