Blinken heads to Beijing hoping to calm fears of a US-China break

He will be the highest-ranking US government official to visit China since Biden took office in January 2021.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the United States and China. But he and his Chinese counterparts can achieve at least one thing, say analysts - show that the world’s most important bilateral relationship is not about to fall off the rails.