Joe Biden could meet Xi Jinping next month after talks with Chinese minister

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as China’s foreign minister Wang Yi speaks after a bilateral meeting at the State Department (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

President Joe Biden has met China’s foreign minister for talks that are viewed as the precursor to a potential meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

The encounter was the latest in a series of high-level contacts between the two countries as they explore the possibility of stabilising an increasingly tense relationship at a time of conflict in Ukraine and Israel.