US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in Beijing on Sunday on a highly anticipated mission to reboot US-China relations, which cratered in February after an alleged Chinese spy balloon flew over North America.
Blinken will be the first secretary of state to visit China since 2018, a reflection of the strict Chinese lockdown during the pandemic, but also of how US-China ties have plummeted to their lowest level in decades.
His trip is designed to follow on from a meeting President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping held in Bali in November when they agreed on the need to create a “floor” under the relationship. But the plan was derailed in February when Blinken cancelled a visit to China because of the balloon.
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