China to target security and trade in talks with US adviser Jake Sullivan

Top diplomat Wang Yi expected to raise ‘serious concerns’ about Taiwan during White House adviser’s Beijing visit

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White House adviser Jake Sullivan will be in Beijing for a new round of “strategic dialogues” with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The pair last met in Bangkok in January. Photo: Xinhua

Published: 10:00pm, 25 Aug 2024

Taiwan will be among the top strategic security concerns Beijing officials will raise this week when Jake Sullivan becomes the first US national security adviser from the Biden administration to visit the Chinese capital.

Sullivan will be in Beijing from Tuesday until Thursday for a new round of “strategic dialogues” with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

It will be the fifth meeting overall between the high-ranking officials and their first since January when they held talks in Bangkok, Thailand.

Yang Tao, head of the ministry’s North American and Oceanian affairs department, said on Sunday the meeting was also a chance to gauge progress on agreements reached in San Francisco in November between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden.

“[It] is an important means for both sides to implement the consensus reached during the meeting between the two heads of state in San Francisco,” state news agency Xinhua quoted Yang as saying.

Yang said that since the summit, diplomatic, economic, law enforcement and climate change teams had maintained communication, as had the Chinese and US militaries. Exchanges between the two peoples were also increasing.

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