 The United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has arrived in Beijing for two days of meetings with Chinese officials. The trip must first visit by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. U.S. officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilize a relationship that has become extremely intense. It comes nearly five months after an earlier Blinken visit was postponed following the flight of a suspected Chinese spy balloon in U.S. airspace. Both sides have made clear they do not expect major breakthrough. China's stage military exercise exercises near Taiwan, which Beijing views as an integral part of China. The U.S. maintains close ties with Taiwan's democratically elected government.