Bill Burns’s mission was to re-stablish communication with Beijing, which has been fraught since a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over North America in February ruth_comerford reports
CIA head made secret trip to China to ‘stabilise’ relations after spy balloon incident
Bill Burns’s mission was to re-stablish communication with Beijing, which has been fraught since a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over North America in February A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floats off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina in February The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency travelled to Beijing last month in secret, in an effort to “stabilise”Bill Burns, a former diplomat regularly entrusted with overseas negotiations, made the clandestine visit to China as Washington ramps up efforts to engage with Beijing.
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