evidence: Blinken’s visit to China, which was postponed in February due to a diplomatic spat, is the first such trip by a US Secretary of State in five years. [...] Meanwhile, the readout from the Department of State writes that Blinken "emphasized the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication across the full range of issues to reduce the risk of misperception and miscalculation". [...] On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson and former foreign minister Wang Yi held an informal meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a variety of security issues, including the so-called "balloon incident" and the Russia-Ukraine war.