Antony Blinken reschedules postponed Beijing visit for June 18

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China next week, officials said. His visit was rescheduled as it got canceled in February after a saga over a suspected surveillance balloon. He is expected to arrive in Beijing on June 18, the first trip by a top US diplomat to China since his predecessor Mike Pompeo in October 2018, US officials said on condition of anonymity. The State Department has not officially announced his travel. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby recently said the United States would announce travel by senior officials “in the near future” without giving details....