Beijing warns Blinken against banning Chinese companies

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But many points of friction remain. The Biden administration has imposed bans on the sale of certain technologies to Chinese companies, citing national security risks. China has accused Washington of “weaponising” economic and trade issues. “Making ‘de-risking’ into ‘de-China’, and building ‘small yards and high walls’ and seeking ‘decoupling from China’,” would only backfire on the US itself, Mr Wang told Mr Blinken. The exchanges between the two men were “frank, substantial and constructive”, the ministry said in the statement. Both sides exchanged views on regional issues including the Ukraine crisis and the Korean Peninsula, the statement said, without giving...