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China and US should be ‘partners, not rivals’, Xi tells Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26, 2024 [Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via Reuters]

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has capped a visit to Beijing by meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two countries try to stabilise relations amid disputes over national security, the economy, and geopolitical differences on the Middle East, Ukraine and Southeast Asia.

Xi told the top US diplomat on Friday that the two superpowers “should be partners rather than rivals” and should help each other succeed rather than hurt each other, according to the state news agency Xinhua.

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