China and the United States have stayed in contact about exchanges between their leaders this year, Beijing said just hours after America’s top diplomat downplayed the possibility that allegations of Chinese meddling in US elections would derail high-level engagement.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Monday that the Chinese and American sides had “maintained communication regarding the arrangements for the heads of states’ interactions later this year”.“Head-of-state diplomacy provides irreplaceable strategic guidance for China-relations" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="110704" data-entity-type="event">US-China relations,” Lin said.
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MON · 2026-07-20 · 09:39 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0720-94350
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China-US talks ahead of Xi Jinping’s planned September visit ‘maintained’: Beijing
China's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that communication has been maintained with the United States regarding arrangements for leader exchanges later this year. This statement comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken downplayed concerns that accusations of Chinese election meddling would hinder high-level engagement.
Yuanyue DangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-20 · 09:39 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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China's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that communication has been maintained with the United States regarding arrangements for leader exchanges later this year. This statement comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken downplayed concerns that accusations of Chinese election meddling would hinder high-level engagement. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian emphasized that head-of-state diplomacy offers crucial strategic guidance for US-China relations. The article indicates that these discussions are occurring ahead of a planned September visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Head-of-state diplomacy provides irreplaceable strategic guidance for US-China relations.
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China and the US have maintained communication regarding arrangements for head-of-state interactions later this year.
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China and the United States have stayed in contact about exchanges between their leaders this year.
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Allegations of Chinese meddling in US elections would not derail high-level engagement.
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