By Humeyra Pamuk, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart on Friday that the maintenance of peace and stability over Taiwan was vitally important, as the two met with tensions high over the Chinese-claimed island. Taiwan was the focus of the 90-minute, “direct and honest” talks between Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a senior administration official told reporters. “For our part, the secretary made crystal clear that, in accordanc…