New York — China’s top diplomat has warned the US not to cross the country’s “red line” in a pointed speech that pushed back against early moves by President Joe Biden to press Beijing on human rights.
Yang Jiechi, who sits on the Communist Party’s 25-member Politburo, said in a video address to a New York-based US-China group that the two sides “stand at a key moment” to rebuild ties and co-operate after Biden’s inauguration. But he placed the onus on the US to repair the damage caused by the “misguided policies” of former President Donald Trump...
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