Schumer meets with China’s Xi Jinping during visit to Beijing

HONG KONG — A group of senators led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-N.Y., met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, in a sign that Xi could hold a highly anticipated meeting with President Joe Biden later this fall.

The Chinese leader told Schumer that the U.S. and China have the most important bilateral relationship in the world and that their common interests outweigh their differences, state media reported. His comments came even as the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas threatens to further strain ties that are already at their lowest point in decades.