paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >>> the u.s.retary of state and china's top diplomat are meeting in washington, as concerns continue to grow over the israel/hamas war expanding. antony blinking says he's looking forward to having constructive conversations with the chinese foreign minister over his three-day visit. in a statement just released, during the meeting on thursday, blinken reiterated the u.s. will, quote, continue to stand up for our interest and values and those of our allies and partners. he will also meet with the national security adviser jake sullivan. chinese foreign minister is set to speak with president joe biden during his trip, as well. steven jiang is live for us in the chinese capital with the latest. take us through the meetings and the expectations. >> reporter: we've not heard much from either side. he has more meetings coming up in d.c. it's increasingly likely that xi jingping is going to the u.s. next month to attend the apex summit and meeting with president biden there. a main mission of the trip

paula hancocks has more on this story. >> reporter: the bangkok shopping mall where the shooting tooklace was very business is i at the team. we're hearing this from the police chief who has given a briefing just outside the mall in central bangkok. and he said that it was raining outside and a lot of people were inside when gunfire was heard. we have seen images of many of those people rushing for the exits to get away from the gunfire. now, the details we have from the police chief is that 14-year-old boy has been arr arrested, he was taken to the police station for interrogation with juvenile experts. there are certain things that he can't disclose because he is just 14. he has mental health issues. he had been treated at a hospital. and also pointing out that he had stopped taking his medicine. and these deese tails from the national police chief. and he pointed out that the suspect said he likes playing video games. what he hadn't told us is how this individual was able to get hold of a gun. gun ownership is fairly high in thailand. certainly when you compare it to other countrie