Top U.S.-China officials to hold first in-person meeting under Biden administration
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with two top China officials next week in Anchorage, Alaska, the State Department announced Wednesday.
Why it matters: This will be the first in-person meeting between senior U.S. and China representatives since President Biden took office, at a time when tensions between the world's two largest economies have escalated significantly.
Details: Blinken and Sullivan will meet on March 18 in Anchorage with their two Chinese counterparts — Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi and State Councilor Wang Yi. The officials will engage on a "range of issues," including ones in which they have "deep disagreements," Blinken tweeted on Wednesday.
Biden will also be meeting virtually on Friday with leaders of Australia, Japan and India — an alliance known as the Quad that seeks to curb China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
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