US Deputy Secretary of State leaves for China

US Deputy Secretary of State leaves for China

US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will visit China. According to the US State Department, he will go to China to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on July 25, but the meeting will be held in Tianjin instead of Beijing.  

It is reported that the US Deputy Secretary of State will meet with the Chinese Foreign Minister at a time when relations between the world's two largest economies are not improving. Serman is currently touring Asia. She met with the Japanese Minister of Defense and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs only on Wednesday. She will also meet with high-ranking officials from South Korea and Mongolia.

 

When Thurman went to Asia, China was not on the list. He will now meet with Wang Yi, Semano's second senior national adviser to the State Council. Serman will be the second senior official to visit China since Joe Biden was elected President of the United States. John Kerry also visited China before him. President Biden's special envoy Kerry visited China in April. But his goal is not a political meeting, but a meeting with his Chinese counterparts on climate change issues. 

 In March last year, senior U.S. and Chinese officials met in Alaska under the leadership of U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken. They met with diplomats Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Wang Yi who are close to President Xi Jinping. US-China relations have broken down further in the past two weeks. According to reports, Thurman hopes to visit China and meet with senior officials including Wang Yi, but the Chinese side stated that Thurman can only meet other officials of the State Council.Therefore, China was not included in Selman's Asia tour schedule. The US State Department announced that it would negotiate directly with China. “We hope to have high-level discussions with China. During the visit, Thurman will explain the reasonable concerns of the US to Chinese officials. He will also share US views on some of China’s actions,” the State Department said. Countries have made new accusations against China.

 China participated in a cyber attack on the mail server software of Microsoft Corporation in the United States. Last year, the United States warned American companies not to do business in China’s Xinjiang province. The investment environment in Hong Kong has been strongly opposed by the United States. The Biden administration follows the China strategy of the previous administration of President Donald Trump. He has never stopped warning China on the South China Sea issue. China's pressure on Taiwan is clear. Don't think about using force. Despite the differences between the two countries on various difficult issues, Thurman’s high-level visit is expected to play a key role in the future dialogue between US President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The G20 Group meeting will be held in October next year.The two presidents will attend, and the two heads of state and government are likely to meet on the sidelines of the same forum.