U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, in Hawaii on Wednesday, the State Department said, amid a deep ...
Wu Xinbo, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, said that the meeting could reduce"microphone diplomacy" between the two bickering sides, but said he was doubtful that it would stabilise relations.Pompeo has been forceful in his criticism of Beijing. It was his first known contact with Yang since they discussed the coronavirus by phone on Apr 15, and their first face-to-face meeting since last year.
The bill Trump signed on Wednesday calls for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppressing Uighur Muslims. Trump tempered that possibility by saying he regarded its sanctions requirements as advisory, not mandatory.
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