Blinken's visit is aimed at resolving trade and policy differences between the superpowers.
Mr Antony Blinken is due to spend several hours with Mr Wang Yi across closed-door meetings at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
As the pair settled into their opening session, Mr Wang told Mr Blinken that the"great ship" of the China-US relationship had stabilised,"but negative factors in the relationship are still increasing and building". Mr Blinken and Mr Yang met in a guesthouse which is part of a sprawling complex of villas, lakes and gardens where many foreign dignitaries, including the then-US President Richard Nixon, have been received.
Despite increasing high-level exchanges and working groups tackling issues such as enhanced military communication and global trade, tensions remain. Mr Wang laid out China’s position, saying the US must not step on “red lines” covering sovereignty, security and development interests - an apparent reference to Taiwan, the democratically-governed island that China claims as its own, and the disputed South China Sea.
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