Daniel Kreitenbrinck, assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs, will travel to China and New Zealand between the fourth and tenth of June. He will be accompanied by the National Security Council's director for China and Taiwan affairs, Sarah Biran, "to discuss key issues in the bilateral relationship" The relationship between the United States and China is at its lowest point in decades, with the two countries deeply divided over everything from Taiwan to espionage issues and sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.