Blinken’s China Trip May Wrap Up with High-Level Talks with Xi Jinping

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet China’s top diplomat and perhaps its president on Monday, the final day of a rare visit to Beijing aimed at preventing the strategic rivals’ many disagreements from further deteriorating relations. The first U.S. secretary of state to visit China in five years, Blinken held more than 7-1/2 hours of “candid" and “constructive" talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Sunday, although they did not appear to make concrete progress on disputes that include Taiwan, trade, human rights and fentanyl. Both expressed a desire to stabilize ties despite what one U.S. official...