Blinken warns China to address its support for Russia or 'we will'

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BEIJING — Chinese and U.S. leaders sought Friday to stabilize their contentious relationship, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as he left that there had been no promises on the top U.S. priority of cutting support for Russia's defense industry.

Officials on both sides were frank about their differences as they sat for a marathon of meetings that amounted to nearly six hours between Blinken and China's top diplomat, Wang Yi. But they also expressed optimism that their conversations were slowly building trust that was leading to improvements in a few areas, such as communications between their militaries and cracking down on chemicals that are used to make fentanyl.