Meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, President Xi Jinping called for seeking common ground and reserving differences. Xi also warned against the US saying one thing to China but doing the opposite, noting that the two countries should be partners rather than rivals. In a separate meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the US and China face a choice between stability and a downward spiral in their relations. What does Blinken’s visit tell us about the current trajectory in US-China ties? Can the two sides find a way to get along?

Host Ding Heng is joined by Clifford Kiracofe, Washington-based author and former Senior Professional Staff Member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Bo Kong, Co-Director of the OU Institute for US-China Issues, University of Oklahoma; Zhao Hai, Director of International Political Studies at the National Institute for Global Strategy.