Top U.S and Chinese diplomats, including White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and China's foreign minister Wang Yi, gathered in Malta over the weekend to address strained relations between the two nations and pave the way for a meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in November. The discussions were described as "candid, substantive and constructive." The different topics included the US-China relationship, global and regional security, Russia's war in Ukraine and the Taiwan strait situation.
Both nations agreed to continue high-level exchanges and bilateral talks concerning the Asia-Pacific region, maritime issues and foreign policy. This was the first engagement between Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi since a U.S fighter jet drowned a Chinese balloon, which the U.S viewed as a significant breach of international norms. The incident led to a canceled Beijing visit bu U.S Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and heightened tensions around U.S support for Taiwan, intellectual property disputes, and China's advancement in hypersonic missiles technology. The uncertainty surrounded the potential meeting of Biden and Xi Jinping in November at the Asia-Pacific economic cooperation gathering in San Francisco. China's leading security agency emphasized that any leader-level meeting would require genuine sincerity from the U.S.
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