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After Xi received Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June and a half-dozen senators earlier this month, his meeting with Newsom is the latest signal that he is open to talks. Blinken also announced Monday that he would host Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, in Washington on Thursday. The timing of the trip has felt particularly fraught as Newsom flew in directly from meeting with war victims and leaders in Israel, to which President Joe Biden has pledged military support in its bombing of Gaza. China has advocated a cease-fire and a two-state solution. Escalating tensions between the United State...
