US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. Blinken is the highest-level American official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office and the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years. The talks are expected to cover a range of contentious issues, including trade with Taiwan, human rights conditions in China and Hong Kong, Chinese military assertiveness in the South China Sea, and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Neither side is expected to make any significant breakthroughs.

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