Choose between stability and 'downward spiral' China's foreign minister tells Blinken during Beijing trip

Beijing CNN — China and the US face a choice between stability and a "downward spiral," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told counterpart Antony Blinken on Friday in Beijing, as the American diplomat kicked off a day of meetings with top Chinese officials. Blinken's trip to China - his second in the space of a year - comes as the two global powers seek to expand communication and stabilize rocky ties, while also navigating a host of thorny issues from China's support for Russia to its aggression in the South China Sea and toward Taiwan. "Should China and the United…