U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will spend the next two days in China for talks with senior officials. The visit is set against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions between the United States and China. The Secretary was set to make this trip in February but postponed it when a Chinese surveillance balloon was discovered over U.S. airspace. Blinken is the most senior U.S. official to visit China during President Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House and the first Secretary of State to go in five years. President Biden himself also said he may meet again with Chinese President Xi Jinping, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Source: Ethiopian News June 17, 2023 23:50 UTC