Biden Administration Seeks to Renew Engagement Policy With Blinken’s Trip to China: Expert

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the conclusion of a G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Prince Karuizawa hotel in Karuizawa, Japan, on April 18, 2023. Zhang Xiaoyu /POOL/AFP via Getty Images

With the visit to China this week of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Biden administration seeks to renew its engagement policy, according to Bradley Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy.

Blinken is traveling to China this week to meet with Chinese communist leadership, the State Department has acknowledged.