ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday during his two-day trip to China.<br/> <br />Kerry and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss the tensions on the Korean peninsula.<br/> <br />Kerry is meeting China's top leaders in an effort to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back its belligerent rhetoric and, eventually, return to nuclear talks.<br/> <br />Traveling to Beijing for the first time as secretary of state, Kerry made no secret of his desire to see China take a more activist stance toward North Korea, which in recent weeks has threatened nuclear war against the United States.<br/> <br />As Kerry met with with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang the Chinese leader emphasized the common interest between his country and the United States.<br/> <br />Kerry said that the change of leadership in Beijing presented an opportunity to renew the Sino-U.S. relationship.<br/> <br />"Obviously this is a critical
