Watch: Antony Blinken visits China for high-stakes meeting after ‘spy balloon’

USA state Secretary Antony Blinken is set to meet with Chinaforeign minister, Qin Gangas part of his two-day trip to the country in an attempt to rebuild relationships.

The meeting taking place in Beijingit was supposed to happen four months ago until a ‘Chinese spy balloon’ was spotted over the US.

At first it was Biden who called while visiting Indonesia.

“Intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to ensure that competition does not turn into confrontation or conflict,” Blinken said after the incident, vowing to maintain relations with China.

However, Qin has already told the US to show “respect” to China’s biggest issues, including Taiwan, and to “stop interfering”.

Blinken will be the first top US official to visit the country in five years. The last person to do so in 2018 was Mike Pompeo.