ALBAWABA - In his second visit this year, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has landed in Shanghai, with China's support of Russia on top of the agenda of matters to be discussed.
During this visit, Blinken is expected to meet with top Chinese diplomats, and discuss the tension with Taiwan, and plead for restraint as the latter inaugurates a new leader.
However, Blinken is also looking to normalize relations, with tensions between the world's two largest economies visibly reducing since his last visit in June. At the time, he was the highest-ranking US official to visit China in five years, and the trip was followed by a November summit between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Blinken began his visit in Shanghai, where he will meet with students and business executives in what is being called an effort to showcase the warm ties between the American and Chinese people.
