Following a meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials in Washington on Monday, the U.S. invited Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Washington. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller observed that 'We certainly expect that [the visit] is something that they would accept and is a trip that…
Following a meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials in Washington on Monday, the U.S. invited Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit Washington. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller observed that"We certainly expect that [the visit] is something that they would accept and is a trip that we expect to happen, but we have not yet scheduled a date."
The difference between how Beijing and Washington view their recent renewal of diplomatic interchanges is significant. It becomes plain when one contrasts each nation's respective readout of the Washington meeting, for example. In its concluding line, the Chinese readout emphasizes that its official"expounded on China's solemn position on the Taiwan question.
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