U.S. Secretary of State in China for rare trip amid frosty ties and dim hopes for progress

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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on June 18.LEAH MILLIS/The Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began meetings in Beijing on Sunday, the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, amid frosty bilateral ties and dim prospects for any breakthrough on the long list of disputes between the world’s two largest economies. Blinken, who postponed a February trip after a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew over U.S. airspace, is the highest-ranking U.S....