High-level US delegation to visit China in effort to repair ties
The United States government is sending its first high-level delegation to China since a pledge made previous month by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden to repair frayed relations.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will join National Security Council Senior Director for China and Taiwan Laura Rosenberger on the December 11-14 trip. The two will visit China, South Korea and Japan.
In China, Daniel Kritenbrink will follow up on Joe Biden's meeting in Bali previous month with Xi Jinping in which the pair pledged 'to continue responsibly managing the competition between our two nations and to explore potential areas of cooperation', the State Department said.
Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink will also prepare for Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China in early 2023, the first visit by the top US diplomat in four years, it added.
The United States and China are the two largest economies in the world, spend more than any other nations on their militaries and are locked in fierce strategic competition.
In their indonesia's Bali meeting, the two leaders discussed contentious issues, including Taiwan's future, US restrictions on Chinese high-tech imports and China's moves to expand its influence around the world.
Joe Biden left his meeting with Xi Jinping proclaiming that there need not be a new Cold War, while Xi told Biden the two countries 'share more, not less, common interests'.
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