Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Meets With Bill Gates Ahead of Blinken Visit

Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Meets With Bill Gates Ahead of Blinken Visit
Bill Gates (L) meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 16, 2023. Yin Bogu/Xinhua via AP
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BEIJING—Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday met with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates in Beijing ahead of a visit by U.S. 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.