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China warns relations with US could slip into ‘downward spiral’ if red lines crossed



Wang Yi tells Antony Blinken ‘disruptions’ could arise amid threat of sanctions over China’s support of Russia’s defence industryChina’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has warned the US that the recent improvements in the two countries’ relations were being jeopardised by “disruptions” that could take them back to a “downward spiral” leading to rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.Wang was speaking at the start of a meeting in Beijing with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, at a time of renewed tension in the relations between the superpowers. The US, he said, should not step on China’s “red lines”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/antony-blinken-beijing-visiit-china-us-relations-foreign-minister-wang-yi

Author : Julian Borger in Beijing

Publish date : 2024-04-26 10:34:00

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