China is defying US pressure to change its behaviour


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US-China relations updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about US-China relations news. As Wendy Sherman, US deputy secretary of state, prepared to fly to China this weekend, Beijing imposed sanctions on seven Americans, in a tit-for-tat blow that illustrated the dismal state of US-China relations. US officials said the move, a [retaliation](//www.ft.com/content/2e120dc0-a1ed-4327-b71a-52cdbe3169f0) to Washington slapping sanctions on seven Chinese officials in Hong Kong, would not give Beijing any leverage when Sherman [meets Wang Yi](//www.ft.com/content/9d4154cc-b00a-4566-b3f3-78c56fd72635) , China’s foreign minister, on Monday. But the latest salvo underscored the deep and growing chasm between the US...