US House lawmakers make rare China visit to stabilise ties

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BEIJING: A group of US lawmakers visited China for talks on Sunday (Sep 21), the first House of Representatives delegation to visit since 2019, as the world's two biggest economies step up engagement in an effort to stabilise bilateral ties. The bipartisan delegation will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, according to a media pool report organised by the US embassy in China. The trip, announced this month, follows a call on Friday between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping as both countries seek a course out of a period of...