Blinken will be the most senior Biden administration official to visit China so far.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is bound for China this weekend, where he will work to shore up relations between Washington and Beijing.
The trip will make Blinken the most senior Biden administration official to visit China so far, and the first Secretary of State to do so since 2018."While in Beijing, Secretary Blinken will meet with senior PRC officials where he will discuss the importance of maintaining open lines of communication to responsibly manage the U.S.-PRC relationship," the State Department said.
China considers the self-governing island of Taiwan to be part of its territory, and frequently responds to activity in nearby international waters and airspace that it considers provocative.
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