US and China emphasise a stabilised relationship

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Officials close a curtain during a meeting between China's president Xi Jinping and US secretary of state Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing this week came against the backdrop of a cascade of negative stories about China in the United States and Europe. Congress passed a Bill that could drive TikTok out of the US, the state department accused Beijing of continued acts of genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang province and a foreign military aid package included $8 billion for Taiwan. In Germany, an...