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Blinken Meets Xi as China and the U.S. Try to Manage Tensions

By Edward Wong and David Pierson | The New York Times

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, on Monday in Beijing, as the two governments sought to pull relations out of a deep freeze that has raised global concerns about the growing risk of a conflict between them.

Blinken Heads to Beijing Hoping to Calm Fears of a US-China Break

By Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters (registration required)

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the United States and China. But he and his Chinese counterparts can achieve at least one thing, say analysts - show that the world's most important bilateral relationship is not about to fall off the rails.

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Wildfires Spread Smoke, and Anxiety, Across Canada to the U.S.

By Dan Bilefsky, Liam Stack and Vjosa Isai | The New York Times

Canada on Wednesday was struggling to fight an extraordinary outbreak of wildfires across the country that sent smoke pouring over the border and forced millions of Canadians and Americans to stay indoors as skies darkened over large portions of both nations.

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Antony Blinken to Visit China This Month in Sign of Easing Tensions

By Demetri Sevastopulo | Financial Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this month, in the latest sign that Beijing and Washington are beginning to stabilize a turbulent bilateral relationship that had sunk to the lowest point in decades.

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