Anthony Blinken met with the Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing. Meeting caps a flurried weekend of talks for Mr Blinken. His visit to China was supposed to happen months ago, but was cancelled after a huge Chinese balloon was shot down over South Carolina. The main aim is to try to re-establish regular high-level communication and stabilise a relationship many fear has been drifting towards conflict.
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