Antony Blinken in China: all eyes on whether US secretary of state will meet Xi Jinping

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Antony Blinken will meet China’s top diplomat and perhaps its president on Monday, on the final day of a rare visit aimed at trying to bring relations back from historic lows. In the first visit by a US secretary of state to China in five years, Blinken is set to meet Wang Yi but all eyes will be on whether he also meets president Xi Jinping, an engagement sources familiar with the matter said was expected but yet to be confirmed by the state department. On Sunday, Blinken held talks lasting more than seven-and-a-half hours – an hour more than...