The US administration is set to send a high-level delegation to China, the first since President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden made a pledge last month in Bali to warm relations between the two countries.
A US delegation is heading to China, South Korea and Japan led by Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kreitenbrink and National Security Council Senior Director for China and Taiwan Laura Rosenberger from December 11-14. In China, Kreitenbrink will have to complete what Biden started after his last meeting with Xi on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali in mid-November. According to the US State Department, Biden and Xi pledged at the time to “continue to responsibly manage competition between the two countries and explore potential areas of cooperation.” Biden and Xi talked about contentious issues, including the future of Taiwan, U.S. restrictions on imports of Chinese technology products, and China’s expansion of influence, among others.
Similarly, Kreitenbrink will prepare Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China scheduled for early 2023, the first of its kind by a prominent American diplomat in four years.
