Low-key US-China meeting will address high tensions in relationship
by Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent from on (#5MG9M)
Visit by deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman on Sunday follows reported standoff over diplomatic protocol
Amid escalating diplomatic tensions, the US deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, will travel to China this Sunday to meet with senior Chinese diplomats in the highest-level visit since the US climate envoy John Kerry's trip to Shanghai in April.
Sherman's upcoming trip will not have the trappings of a fully fledged official visit. She will - according to a Chinese statement - hold talks" with Xie Feng, a vice-minister in charge of the bilateral relations, and meet" with Wang Yi, China's state councilor and foreign minister.
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