Blinken, speaks as Yang (left) and Wang Yi (second from left) listen at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 18, 2021. - AP
WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/ANN): The opening of the first meeting between senior United States and Chinese officials since President Joe Biden took office was on Thursday (March 18) marred by a biting back-and-forth between the two superpowers, with envoys of both sides trading barbed criticisms of the other’s governance and faults.
The rocky start to the two-day talks in Anchorage, Alaska, began with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken telling his Chinese counterparts that the US would bring up its “deep concerns” about China’s policies in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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