US official to visit China as diplomatic stand-off resolved

The US deputy secretary of state will visit China on Sunday after Washington and Beijing resolved a stand-off that had threatened to derail the first high-level meeting between the sides since senior officials met in Alaska in March. Wendy Sherman will fly to Tianjin for a two-day visit that will include talks with Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, according to US officials. She will be the most senior Biden official to visit China, on a trip that will take place four months after the first meeting between the countries erupted in an [acrimonious public spat](//www.ft.com/content/1ce4ef56-93c9-4347-82cd-05aea183b82f) . The veteran diplomat had…