China says US relations at a 'deadlock' in high-level talks

China accused the US of treating it as an "imaginary enemy" and said relations were mired in a dangerous "deadlock", as the two countries held their second top-level meeting since President Joe Biden took office, reported the Financial Times . Xie Feng, vice foreign minister, said Washington wanted to "reignite a sense of national purpose by establishing China as an imaginary enemy" and urged it to change what he called its "extremely dangerous China policy". His comments came during meetings with Wendy Sherman, US deputy secretary of state, in the first face-to-face encounter between top US and Chinese officials since…