Blinken turns into first prime US diplomat to go to China in 5 years
Mr Blinken is the highest-ranking US authorities official to go to China since President Joe Biden took workplace in January 2021.
He is about to debate a lot of main points together with his Beijing counterparts together with commerce with Taiwan, Chinese surveillance and the Ukraine warfare.
The US authorities official arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning for the two-day go to.
Mr Blinken has been pictured assembly Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang for an prolonged dialogue. He will even maintain talks China’s prime diplomat Wang Yi and presumably President Xi Jinping on Monday.
Mr Biden and Xi agreed to Mr Blinken‘s trip early at a meeting last year in Bali.
Mr Blinken is expected to urge the Chinese to release detained American citizens and to take steps to curb the production and export of fentanyl precursors that are fueling the opioid crisis in the United States.
Shortly before departing the US, Mr Blinken emphasised the importance of the US and China maintaining better lines of communication.
The US wants to make sure “that the competition we have with China doesn’t veer into battle” because of avoidable misunderstandings, he advised reporters.