No. 2 US Diplomat Sherman to Visit China as Tensions Soar

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (L) elbow bumps with Japanese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori (R) prior to their meeting at the Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan, on July 20, 2021. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo

WASHINGTON—Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to China this weekend on a visit that comes as tensions between Washington and Beijing soar on multiple fronts, the State Department said Wednesday.

Sherman will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and others in the northeastern city of Tianjin on Sunday as part of her current trip to Asia, which also is taking her to Japan, South Korea, and Mongolia. She'll later visit Oman.