US's Blinken says committed to stable China relationship

STORY: "We have to continue to find ways to put as much as stability as possible into the relationship (between U.S. and China), to make sure that we're managing the relationship responsibly," Blinken said, while meeting with business leaders at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Blinken also met with local officials and students before heading to Beijing for talks on Friday (April 26) with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and a likely meeting with President Xi Jinping.

His visit is the latest high-level contact between the two nations that, along with working groups on issues from global trade to military communication, have tempered the public acrimony that drove relations to historic lows early last year.