U.S. and China call Blinken’s Beijing visit ‘candid and constructive’

Despite very chilly relations between China and the U.S. these days, both countries are calling the start of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Beijing two-day visit “candid and constructive.” As Redmond Shannon reports, the agenda will mostly involve trying to rebuild some much-needed trust between the two superpowers — in the first such visit in five years.

• Blinken kicks off high-stakes talks in Beijing as U.S.-China tensions rise