Blinken planning to travel to China soon for high-level talks

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China for high-level talks in the coming weeks, in what would be his first trip to the country since tensions flared between Washington and Beijing earlier this year.

Details of the visit are still being finalized, but planning is underway for Blinken to make the trip this month, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Tuesday.

Blinken was set to visit China and meet with President Xi Jinping in February, but the trip was scuttled following the U.S. military...