As Team Biden contemplates the ruins of its Middle East diplomacy and scrambles to throw more U.S. military assets into the region in the hope of deterring Iran, it is looking to an unlikely partner. China鈥檚 Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be this week with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
Mr. Wang鈥檚 visit was originally part of a diplomatic process preparing the way for a trip by President Xi Jinping to next month鈥檚 Asia-Pacific economic summit in San Francisco. But as Mr. Blinken to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, America wants help from China to prevent a wider war in the Middle East.