Blinken meets Chinese FM Qin Gang in Beijing

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Sunday.

Both sides have voiced guarded hope of improving communication and preventing conflict, with the world's two largest economies at odds on an array of issues from trade to technology and regional security. Blinken earlier said he would seek to avoid "miscalculations" and to "responsibly manage" relations with the country identified by US policymakers across party lines as the greatest challenge to Washington's global primacy.