Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek to reduce the chances of miscalculation on a rare visit to Beijing, officials said, but both sides expect long-term tensions to fester. | ManilaBulletin
The State Department confirmed that Blinken will travel this weekend to Beijing on the first trip by a top US diplomat in nearly five years, rescheduling a visit that was scrapped in February as the United States detected what it said was a Chinese spy balloon.
Daniel Kritenbrink, the top State Department official for East Asia, said that the United States was "realistic" about what Blinken could achieve. The United States hopes the trip "will, at a minimum, reduce the risk of miscalculation so that we do not veer into potential conflict." "We expect China to be around -- to be a major player -- on the world stage for the rest of our lifetimes," he told reporters.
Blinken will be the first secretary of state to visit Beijing since a brief 2018 stop by Mike Pompeo, who later led Donald Trump's fierce approach against China including over the Covid-19 pandemic. The two sides have more recently looked again to keep tensions in check, including with an extensive, closed-door meeting between Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, and senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Vienna last month.
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