US and China trade barbs as Alaska talks kick off
The US and China traded barbs on Thursday as top diplomats from both countries lashed out at each other in a rare public exchange.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken held high-level talks with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiech, in Anchorage, Alaska.
But the meeting departed from traditional diplomatic niceties early on.
Blinken said the Biden administration would raise its "deep concerns" about some of Beijing's actions at home and abroad, including its treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
"Each of these actions threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," Blinken said
But Yang hit back, telling the US to end its "Cold War mentality" in its approach towards China.
He added that the United States "abuses so-called notions of national security to obstruct normal trade exchanges, and incite some countries to attack China."
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