CIA Director William Burns secretly visited China to speak with his counterpart in an effort to restore relations with Beijing.
where he was expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping was canceled. In addition, a phone call between Xi and Biden that was expected has not yet come to fruition. to have U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meet with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu. On Friday, the pair did shake hands during the opening dinner of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
met with his Chinese counterpart earlier this month, as did Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. However, the Pentagon confirmed the meeting of defense leaders was declined. Diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing deteriorated rapidly after the military shot down a Chinese spy ballon detected in American airspace that traveled across the U.S. in February. China criticized the shoot down."Across the globe there are many balloons in the sky from different countries. Do you want to down each and every one of them?," Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said at the time."It does not show America is strong, on the contrary, it shows the opposite.
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