United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China on June 18, after repeated delays of high-level meetings and amid ongoing tensions between the two countries. In November, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Bali, where they agreed to further talks aimed at mending ties. But a planned trip by Blinken was canceled in February after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon over U.S. airspace, re-aggravating tensions. What are the stakes of Blinken’s trip, and what is its likely impact on the state of U.S.-China relations?