Joe Biden blasts China’s economic woes (but gets some facts wrong)

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“So they got some problems,” he added. “That’s not good because when bad folks have problems, they do bad things.” Mr Biden’s comments are some of his most direct criticisms yet about the US’ top geopolitical and economic rival. The president has sought to walk a fine line between using trade curbs to deter China’s high-tech military advancement, while achieving a diplomatic rapprochement with Chinese leaders that could pave the way for a potential meeting this year with Mr Xi, who is expected to visit the US in November to attend the APEC summit. It’s unclear yet whether that will...