The United States and China are butting heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S.

STORY: Earlier on Friday, Blinken held talks with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Beijing, the latest high-level contact between the countries that have reduced the acrimony that pushed ties to historic lows last year.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged China to cut back its support for Russia’s defense industry and warned that the U.S. was prepared to act if Beijing didn’t heed its concerns.