The U.S. and China agreed to reopen dialog after the highest-level visit to Beijing by an American official in five years, as the world’s largest economies seek to put frayed ties on more stable footing.
“My hope and expectation is we’ll have better communications, better engagement going forward,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in Beijing Monday, hours after meeting President Xi Jinping. “I think we took a positive step in that direction over the last few days.”
The Chinese leader earlier had rare praise for Blinken’s two-day visit, saying it was “very good” that their countries made progress on stabilizing the relationship. He also citied “agreements on some specific issues,” but didn’t elaborate in comments shown on state TV.
