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Antony Blinken is expected to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing, making him the first US secretary of state to sit down with the Chinese leader in nearly six years and the first of President Joe Biden’s cabinet secretaries to visit China, Financial Times reported.

Several people familiar with the planning said the top US diplomat would meet Xi during his two-day visit, which starts on Sunday. Blinken is visiting China after Biden and Xi agreed in Bali in November that they should find ways to stabilize the turbulent US-China relationship.

Blinken’s visit comes as the countries remain at loggerheads over a range of issues, including Taiwan, the situation in Ukraine, and its rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal.

His visit marks a new phase of stepped-up engagement between the countries following a very difficult period that was further complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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