China's Foreign Minister Urges U.S. to Reflect and Stabilize Relations

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with U.S. ambassador in Beijing, Nicholas Burns, to discuss stabilizing Sino-U.S. relations and expanding high-level communication. The meeting may pave the way for more senior-level exchanges after high-level contacts between Beijing and Washington were frozen following the discovery of a suspected surveillance balloon floating over the United States in February. Qin blamed “a series of erroneous words and deeds” by the United States for undermining progress made by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Biden when they met in Bali in November.