US State Secretary Blinken to meet Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Jakarta

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US State Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Jakarta on Thursday. This is their second official meeting in as many months as the powers seek to manage tensions. The two diplomats will meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN-plus-three foreign minister talks in the Indonesian capital. The meeting in Jakarta come a month after Blinken travelled to Beijing, making it the first time a top US diplomat visited the country in years. Blinken had also held meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping as well as Wang and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Since...