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China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that relations with the United States “stabilised” last year, as the two powers seek to put ties on a surer footing in 2024. Beijing and Washington have butted heads in recent years on flashpoint issues from technology and trade to human rights, as well as tensions over Taiwan and competing claims in the South China Sea. In a bid to ease some of the worst tensions in decades, President Joe Biden met Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November for talks that both sides described as a qualified success. And speaking at Beijing’s...
