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How Secretary Blinken is tackling the China relationship (and others in the region)

A China Central Television news broadcast shows footage of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Monday.

The secretary of state has just wrapped his visit to China, having put time and effort into a country of enormous importance to the U.S. Towards the end of his trip, Antony Blinken met with China's leader, Xi Jinping, with whom he spoke for more than half an hour.

Shortly afterwards, Blinken spoke to NPR. He called the Beijing talks "candid, substantive, and constructive."

Blinken has been by Joe Biden's side since the

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