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US State Department No. 2 official to visit China next week
The South China Morning Post, citing a source who requested anonymity, said Sherman and Xie will discuss a possible meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman answers questions during her press conference at the US Embassy in Tokyo on January 30, 2015. Sherman is on a two-day visit to Japan. (AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)
U
S Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit China next week to meet with her Chinese counterpart Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng in Tianjin, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Wednesday.
The South China Morning Post, citing a source who requested anonymity, said Sherman and Xie will discuss a possible meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Sherman, the No. 2 in the State Department, would be the first senior diplomat of the administration of President Joe Biden to visit China.
The report said her visit is seen as an essential first step toward a summit between Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at some point.
The United States and China have been at odds over a number of issues such as trade practices, technology, Beijing's alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, its security challenges posed to Taiwan, its growing assertiveness in the East and South China seas, and its crackdown on Hong Kong.
Last week, White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell said he believes the United States and China can "coexist in peace," but it poses an immense challenge for Washington.
Asked when Biden plans to meet Xi in person for the first time since the former was sworn in on Jan. 20, Campbell said, "My expectation will be that we'll have some sort of engagement before too long."
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in June that Biden will seek to engage with Xi in the coming months, possibly on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit to be held in Italy in late October.
