US Deputy Secretary of State to visit China from 25th Is the environment improved for the realization of the summit meeting?

The US State Department has announced that Deputy Secretary of State Sherman, the number two in the field of foreign affairs, will visit China from the 25th of this month.

In the confrontation in the US continues, toward the realization of the summit meeting in the first face-to-face by Biden and President Xi Jinping Jintao, it can be seen that there is also aim to promote an environment.

The US State Department has announced that Deputy Secretary of State Sherman will visit China from the 25th to the 26th of this month to meet with Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin.

This is the first time the Deputy Secretary of State has visited China since the inauguration of the Biden administration.

Regarding the meeting, the State Department said, "We will discuss areas where we have serious concerns about China's actions and areas where our interests are in agreement."

The Byden administration has positioned China, which is becoming more influential, as the "largest competitor", and through diplomacy, encourages China to change its behavior due to issues such as the South China Sea and human rights, and cooperates in areas such as climate change countermeasures. I want to.

However, in the United States and China, although a meeting was held between top diplomatic leaders in Alaska, the United States in March, the two sides' claims were in direct conflict, and the relationship has continued to be cold since then.

Sherman to the visit of Deputy Secretary, boost the momentum of dialogue, aims to also achieve a summit meeting in the first face-to-face by Biden and President Xi Jinping Jintao this fall, you will see that there is also aim to promote an environment ..

US expert "A series of preparations for the realization of the summit meeting at the G20 in the fall"

Think tank in the United States, China expert of the German Marshall Fund, said Bonnie Glaser is the time of the G20 summit "this year fall for the visit to China of Sherman Deputy Secretary of State, realized a meeting by Biden President Xi Jinping Jintao It will be the beginning of a series of preparations for making it happen. "

"It is also being discussed that Secretary of Foreign Affairs Blinken and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will hold a meeting following this visit by Deputy Secretary of State Sherman."

"This series of exchanges is to identify areas of potential progress and priorities between the two countries," Glazer said.

"The highest priority on the American side is to build a means of communication and a mechanism to mitigate risk in times of crisis. Take this opportunity to strengthen the function of the hotline that connects the leaders of the United States and China, and to regularly It may become a problem, "he said, saying that building a mechanism to avoid unintended conflicts between the United States and China would be one of the aims of the talks.