‘China-US Relations Faced New Difficulties’: Qin Gang Speaks with Blinken, Reiterates Stand on Taiwan

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China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang held a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday and said that that relations between the two countries were facing “new difficulties and challenges". “Since the beginning of the year, Sino-American relations have faced new difficulties and challenges," Qin said during phone call with Blinken, according to a Chinese foreign ministry. Qin reiterated China’s firm stance on core concerns like Taiwan and said that Beijing has always viewed and handled the relationship with mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. He further said that since...