JAKARTA - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken started talks on Sunday in Beijing, according to Chinese state media.
The two sides are expected to find ways to avoid an escalating bilateral tension over Taiwan, Russia's attacks on Ukraine and other issues.
According to Antara, Sunday, Qin and Blinken, who were the first US cabinet-level representatives to visit China since the start of President Joe Biden's administration in January 2021, are also expected to discuss potential cooperation in areas such as global economic stability and climate change.
The two countries with the world's largest economies have clashed not only about Taiwan but also about various other problems. Beijing considers Taiwan, the self-ruled island, is part of its territory, while countries have different views, as do regional disputes in the South and East China Seas.
As strategic competition between the US and China heats up, other countries are concerned in particular about the risk of miscalculation or military action not being planned by the two powers.
China cut off military-to-military communications channels with the US after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, August last year, becoming the most senior US official to set foot on the self-governing island of democracy in a quarter century.
Blinken's visit was approved by Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping last November when he met in Indonesia but was postponed suddenly since February after a Chinese spy balloon suspected of flying across the US
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