Blinken's Beijing Trip: Resetting US-China Relations.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to visit Beijing to meet with Chinese officials and discuss maintaining open communication, bilateral issues, and potential cooperation on shared challenges. This would be Blinken's first trip to China as Secretary of State, and both governments hope it will lead to a series of visits by senior US officials to China over the summer. The visits could pave the way for a leaders summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group of nations that would include President Biden. The US and China see high-level diplomacy as a potential anchor in a yearslong period of rising tensions.