China warns Blinken over ‘negative factors’ in US ties

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“I look forward in these discussions to being very clear, very direct, about the areas where we have differences, and where the United States stands,” he said. The senior White House envoy is expected to balance criticisms over China’s industrial and foreign policy with requests for help curbing North Korea’s nuclear program and easing tensions in the Middle East. He will also have to explain how America can say it wants better co-operation after President Joe Biden signed a law that could expel TikTok – owned by China-based ByteDance – from the US. Shanghai stopover Mr Blinken arrived in the...