President Xi said the U.S. and China can cooperate to “benefit our two countries” in a meeting Friday with Bill Gates ahead of a visit by Sec. Blinken.
Despite his upbeat remarks, Xi accused Washington in March of trying to hold back China’s development with restrictions on access to U.S. microchips and other technology.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have festered in recent years, but recently the two sides have held talks on trade and other issues.He will be the first secretary of state to visit China since 2018 and is expected to meet with Foreign Minister Qin Gang and possibly with Jinping, according to U.S. officials.
On Thursday, the the Gates Foundation pledged $50 million to bolster the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute’s capacity to develop drugs to fight diseases like malaria and tuberculosis. The institute was jointly founded by the Gates Foundation, Tsinghua University and the Beijing municipal government.
Gates’ last trip to China was in 2019, where he met first lady Peng Liyuan to discuss the Gates Foundation’s efforts in HIV/AIDS prevention.
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