U.S. Secretary of State Plans to Visit China Next Week: ABC News

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to China next week as the Biden administration seeks to improve relations, which reached a new low in February following the downing of a Chinese "spy balloon" in U.S. airspace. This was reported by ABC News.

American officials say Blinken is expected to be in Beijing on June 18 for meetings with senior Chinese officials, including Foreign Minister Qin Gang and possibly President Xi Jinping.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity, as neither the State Department nor China's Foreign Ministry has yet confirmed the trip. This visit, which was agreed upon during a meeting between Xi and Biden last year in Bali, was initially scheduled for February but was postponed after the "spy balloon" incident. Beijing insists that it was a "weather balloon" that had gone off course.