Blinken's Diplomatic Mission: Meeting with China's Xi Jinping.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, following discussions with China’s top foreign policy official and foreign minister. The meeting aimed to ease tensions between the two superpowers, but left unresolved their most bitterly contested issues. The two sides agreed to follow through on common understandings reached by President Biden and Xi at the end of last year, and made progress on some specific issues. The emphasis on dialogue was a significant departure in tone from Beijing’s previous stance that the blame for the negative state of relations lay entirely with Washington.