Xi meets with Blinken in Beijing as powers manage rivalry 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, managing a critical channel of communication at a time when US-China relations are at a crossroads. After the meeting, Xi said: "China would like to see a confident, open and prosperous United States. We hope that the United States will view China's development in a positive light. Once this fundamental problem is solved... Sino-US relations will truly get better and move forward." Blinken said: "President Biden asked me to return here to follow up on the important agenda that both set in SF: to seek to deepen areas of cooperation, as well as to manage responsibly differences that we have. I think we’ve seen progress in these areas of cooperation, particularly restoring military-to-military cooperation, counter-narcotics, artificial intelligence, and working to strengthen our people-to-people ties." CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.