China's top diplomat to pay rare US visit ahead of potential Xi trip

WASHINGTON, United States - China's top diplomat will pay a rare visit to Washington this week, the United States announced Monday, paving the way for a potential visit by President Xi Jinping aimed at keeping tensions in check.

Wang will be returning a visit in June to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was the highest-ranking US official to travel to China since 2018. Asked if Wang's visit will formalize a visit by Xi, another US official said that Biden"has stated multiple times that he hopes to see President Xi in the near future" and declined further comment.

The Philippines, a US ally, on Monday accused China of deliberately hitting its boats on a resupply mission in contested waters, leading Beijing to accuse Manila of"false information." In China's own show of friends, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing last week in one of his first trips since invading Ukraine.

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