U.S. In Talks With China Over U.S. Diplomat’s Potential Visit To China

The U.S. is reportedly in talks with Chinese officials over Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s potential visit to China at the end of her Asia trip next week.

Citing a senior State Department official, the U.S. will need to work with China to make progress with North Korea.

The State Department announced Sherman will visit Japan, South Korea, and Mongolia but did not mention a stop in China, which observers had anticipated.

The Financial Times reported that the U.S. did not mention the China trip because Beijing has refused to grant Sherman a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Le Yucheng.