China’s Xi will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he prepares to depart Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport en route to Beijing, on April 25, 2024. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, amid strained ties between the two countries as they battle for tech supremacy, and differ on their views about the Middle East conflict and Russia-Ukraine war. Speaking ahead of his closed-door meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Blinken said there is no substitute for "face-to-face diplomacy" and emphasized the need for the U.S. and China to avoid "miscalculations"...