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WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States and China will face a new test in their increasingly troubled relations. when senior officials from both countries meet in Alaska. Ties between the world’s two …
Read More »Blinken urges China to convince North Korea to denuclearize
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The top US diplomat on Thursday pressed China to use its “tremendous influence” to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, hours after North Korea said …
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Beijing plans to pressure Washington to reverse many of the anti-China policies introduced during Trump’s presidency in the first face-to-face meeting of senior U.S. and Chinese officials since the election of President …
Read More »US sanctions 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials ahead of talks
HONG KONG (AP) – The United States sanctioned 24 other Hong Kong and Chinese officials for Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, just before the Biden administration’s first …
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