Top US and Chinese diplomats meet in Jakarta to discuss repairing the border.

 No significant progress was made at the Jakarta meeting, according to a senior State Department official.

On July 13, 2023, Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi and his advisers are seated across from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a table with advisors (right). — Twitter/@SecBlinken

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Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting in Jakarta and spoke for hours on a variety of topics as the US and China have increased their top-level bilateral engagement in an effort to normalise tense relations.  

The top US and Chinese officials last met in Beijing during Blinken's state visit, and the bilateral discussions were hailed as "candid and productive".

Qin Gang, the Chinese Foreign Minister, was unable to attend the conference due to health issues; Wang, a top official in charge of party strategy, took his place.

The top economies in the world have been attempting to normalise their relations for months as they were steadily deteriorating.

The State Department official acknowledged that "there were no breakthroughs from the meeting in Jakarta," but added that "that wasn't the intention."

The hour-and-a-half-long encounter was a follow-up to earlier discussions held in the Chinese capital, and the two senior diplomats "were able to pick up where they left off, and then take the conversations to the next level of detail," according to a news release from the US State Department.

Blinken and Wang talked about how their countries might cooperate and where they differed, including keeping peace across the Taiwan Strait, advancing a free and rule-based international order, and

Other significant topics covered included the recent US government email leak, American citizens' detentions in China, and the conflict in Ukraine.

Both parties highlighted the value of open dialogue for addressing issues, despite the fact that senior military communication channels remain paralysed.

Blinken and Wang allegedly talked about "areas of difference and potential areas of cooperation."

According to Miller, "the Secretary utilised the meeting to advance US interests and values, to explicitly voice concerns about PRC activities that were shared by the US and its friends and partners, and to urge for progress on transnational issues that touch people in the US, the PRC, and all over the globe.

According to Miller, "Blinken stressed the significance of upholding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and made it plain to Wang that the US, along with our friends and partners, would promote our vision for a free, open, and rules-based international order.

The "critical next step" for China and the US, according to Wang, is to "take real actions to put the bilateral relationship back on the right track," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

According to the readout, Wang said, "The US must stop willfully meddling in China's internal affairs, stop endangering China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, stop repressing China's economy, trade, and technology, and lift illegal and unreasonable sanctions against China.

Days before to their meeting, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen emphasised the value of open and honest dialogue between the US and China, stating that there are serious issues that need to be resolved.

Following four days in Beijing and ten hours of bilateral discussions with top Chinese officials, Yellen made her remarks.

Despite the disagreements, Yellen emphasised that she and President Joe Biden do not see the relationship as a great power competition since they think both nations can prosper.