U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in China on Thursday for a four-day visit, a trip that has drawn concerns over the Biden administration’s continued effort to engage Beijing.
According to China’s state-run media, Ms. Yellen was greeted by Chinese officials led by Yang Yingming, director general of China’s Finance Ministry’s international cooperation department, as well as U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, at Beijing Capital International Airport.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns (L) as Chinese official Yang Yingming looks on after Yellen arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on July 6, 2023. (Mark Schiefelbein/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Ms. Yellen’s trip is part of the Biden administration’s continued effort to deepen communication with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), following a rare trip to China by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in June. During that trip, Mr. Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the two held a “robust conversation,” though no major breakthroughs came out of the meeting….