Heads of US and Chinese diplomatic authorities will soon meet in Alaska.
This is the first face-to-face meeting between high-ranking officials from both countries since the inauguration of the Biden administration, and the focus is on what direction the two countries will take in the conflict called the "New Cold War."
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of State Sullivan in charge of security policy at the White House, Yang Jiechi, who oversees foreign affairs in China I will meet.
Prior to this, Secretary Blinken entered a hotel in the city where the meeting would take place after 3:00 am on the 19th of Japan time.
This is the first face-to-face direct dialogue between senior officials from both countries since the inauguration of the Biden administration.
The Biden administration has positioned this meeting as a place to assess the attitude of the United States on human rights, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China's security concerns, and has expressed its intention to raise issues in a wide range of fields.
It is also expected that the talks will explore whether cooperation with China is possible in response to climate change, which is an important issue for the administration.
On the other hand, it has been reported that the Chinese side is demanding the abolition of the additional tariff measures imposed on the former Trump administration, and it seems that the talks will be used as a foothold for concrete negotiations in the future.
However, while the Chinese side calls this talk a "high-level strategic dialogue" in which the issues between the two countries are continuously discussed, a senior official of the Biden administration denied this and said, "Whether the talks will continue is on the Chinese side. It depends on the correspondence of. "
The talks are expected to last for two days, and the focus will be on the direction of the bilateral relations in the midst of a confrontation that has deteriorated to the point of being called the "New Cold War."
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