Blinken to travel to China next week, carrying out trip postponed after spy balloon incident

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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Tokyo prefecture on April 18.ANDREW HARNIK/AFP/Getty Images Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to China this month as the Biden administration pushes to improve badly deteriorated ties with the Chinese. U.S. officials say Blinken expects to be in Beijing on June 18 for meetings with senior Chinese officials, including with Foreign Minister Qin Gang and possibly President Xi Jinping. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because neither the State Department nor the Chinese foreign ministry have...