US secretary of state arrives in Beijing in effort to cool US-China tensions

The trip comes after he postponed plans to visit in February after a Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down over the US.

US secretary of state arrives in Beijing in effort to cool US-China tensions(Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early on Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding US-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.

Mr Blinken was to begin two days of talks with senior Chinese officials in the afternoon.