Jake Sullivan will make his first visit to China as US national security adviser next week for talks with foreign minister Wang Yi as part of the “strategic channel” created by the two superpowers to stabilise relations.
Sullivan will hold talks with Wang on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a US official. They last met in Bangkok in January, two months after President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a summit in San Francisco.
His visit is part of a broader effort to stabilise the relationship between the two superpowers, which hit a new low last year after a Chinese spy balloon flew over North America. But tensions remain high over issues ranging from the South China Sea and Taiwan to disagreements over the US export controls on technology and China’s support for Russia.