CIA Director Bill Burns' Secret Trip to China Aims to Improve Relations

CIA Director William Burns visited Beijing last month to meet with his Chinese counterparts and emphasize the importance of maintaining open lines of communication and intelligence channels. This was Burns' first trip to China since becoming the head of the intelligence agency for the Biden administration. The visit comes as the Biden administration attempts to restart high-level talks with China, which had broken off most regular calls between senior diplomatic, intelligence, and military officials in the aftermath of the U.S. shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon in early February.