Washington (AsiaNews) The US and Chinese delegations clashed at the start of the two-day bilateral summit that opened yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska. This is the first high-level meeting since the Biden administration took office in January.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan represented the United States. Foreign Minister Wang Yi and top diplomat Yang Jiechi represented the Chinese government.
The US State Department accused the Chinese of violating the protocol for speaking for far longer than the agreed-upon time. US officials later indicated that tensions between the two sides cooled down behind closed doors.
Yang and Wang slammed the United States, which they say incites other countries to attack China. Blinken and Sullivan criticised the Chinese for suppressing Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
US representatives also raised the issue of Beijing's threats to Taiwan, cyberattacks on the United States, and economic bullying against US allies.
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