Biden Calls China a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Over Economic Challenges

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called China a “ticking time bomb" because of its economic challenges and said the country was in trouble because of weak growth. “They have got some problems. That’s not good because when bad folks have problems, they do bad things,” Biden said at a political fundraiser in Utah. Biden’s remarks were reminiscent of comments he made at another fundraiser in June when he referred to President Xi Jinping as a “dictator." China called the remarks a provocation. Those comments came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a visit to China aimed...