US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet senior officials on his high-stakes trip to China this weekend, but observers have little expectations of a major breakthrough in ties even though the long-awaited visit indicates a desire from the two powers to re-engage.
Both Washington and Beijing on Wednesday confirmed that Blinken would arrive in China for a two-day visit on Sunday, the first top US diplomat to make such a trip in five years. The trip also comes four months after Blinken put off a planned visit at the last minute in a spat over a Chinese spy balloon entering US airspace.
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