White House National Security Adviser to Travel to China Next Week

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to China next week to discuss an array of security issues. Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who also serves on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) politburo, during a trip to Beijing from Aug. 27 to 29, a senior administration official told reporters on Aug. 23. The trip marks the first visit of a national security adviser to mainland China since 2016 and is part of a wider push by the Biden administration to prevent relations with China from spiraling into open conflict. “Mr. Sullivan will raise U.S. concerns about China’s support for Russia’s defense industrial base, the South China Sea, and various other issues,” the official said....