By Didi Tang and Matthew Lee | Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met Friday with China’s top diplomat, a conversation that’s viewed as the precursor to a potential sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

The encounter with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was the latest in a series of high-level contacts between the two countries as they explore the possibility of stabilizing an increasingly tense relationship at a time of conflict in Ukraine and Israel.

Biden talks with Chinese minister ahead of possible Xi chat comes via ChinaTechNews.com.