US President Joe Biden said on Sunday, May 21, that relations between the United States and China should experience a "thaw very soon" In that statement, Joe Biden referred to the alleged Chinese spy ball that Washington shot down last February. A visit to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which had been heralded as an opportunity to improve relations, was cancelled after the incident.
Washington's decision in February to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that allegedly flew over the U.S. sparked a diplomatic row between the two powers.