In Bid to Ease Tensions, Top Biden Aide and Chinese Diplomat Meet
- Sullivan, Wang spoke in March as tensions surged over Taiwan
- US trying to make it hard for China to say no to engagement
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 14, 2022.
Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan sat down with China’s top diplomat for two days of what the White House called “substantive and constructive” meetings, a sign that the sides are working to ease strains that led to a breakdown in even the most routine communication.
Sullivan’s May 10-11 meetings in Vienna with Wang Yi touched on “key issues in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, global and regional security issues, Russia’s war against Ukraine, and cross-Strait issues, among other topics,” the White House said in a statement.