Beijing – A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Bidens term
Beijing – A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden’s term in office.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, has been Biden’s point person for often unannounced talks with the Communist Party’s top foreign policy official to try to manage the growing differences between Washington and Beijing.
On landing, Sullivan was greeted by Yang Tao, the Chinese foreign ministry’s chief for the North America and Oceanian department, and the U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns.
The goal of Sullivan’s visit, which lasts through Thursday, is limited – to try to maintain communication in a relationship that broke down for the better part of a year in 2022-23 and was only nursed back over several months.
