beijing — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday hailed “progress” in China-US relations thanks to a visit to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, although deep disagreements remain between the two powers. In a long-awaited sign of appeasement, the Chinese head of state received his guest at the People’s Palace. “The two parties have made progress and reached common ground on certain specific points,” said Xi Jinping, without specifying the latter. Both sides, however, played down the prospects of any major reconciliation. According to the American Secretary of State, who said he was “lucid”, the eleven hours and more of discussions he conducted in two days were aimed above all at restoring dialogue.
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