Chinese president Xi Jinping stresses US-China cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the United States and China can cooperate to “benefit our two countries” in a meeting Friday with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates ahead of a visit by US secretary of state Antony Blinken at a time of strained relations.
The state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi saying he was happy to see Gates, who he called an “old friend,” after three years without meeting during the pandemic.
“I believe that the foundation of Sino-US relations lies in the…