US sees door open to China talks, cites concerns over Myanmar


WASHINGTON/YANGON, April 15 (Bloomberg): The Biden administration believes there is still room to open up a dialog and collaborate with Beijing on pressing global matters despite rising tensions over issues such as Taiwan, a senior US official said.

"There’s hopefully some room for cooperation still in the relationship,” State Department Counselor Derek Chollet said in an interview Friday in Singapore.

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