US-China relations: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo starts latest visit designed to keep tensions in check

From scmp.com

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrived in China on Sunday night, visiting the world’s second-largest economy in the latest effort to keep the heated rivalry between the two countries in check. Raimondo was met at the airport by Lin Feng, director of the Ministry of Commerce’s American and Oceania affairs department, state broadcaster CCTV reported. It is Raimondo’s first trip to China, according to the report. She is the fourth senior American official to travel to China in recent months, following President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate change John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and ... (full story)