China blames US for 'stalemate' in relations as talks begin


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Belfasttelegraph | 16.1°C [Belfast](/weather/) China has blamed the US for what it calls a “stalemate” in bilateral relations as high-level face-to-face talks begin in the Chinese city of Tianjin. Vice foreign minister Xie Feng urged the US “to change its highly misguided mindset and dangerous policy” in comments carried by Chinese state media. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted Mr Xie as telling US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman that the China-US relationship is in a stalemate because some Americans portray China as an “imagined enemy”. America’s second-most senior diplomat is discussing the fraught relationship between the countries in...