Jake Sullivan meets Wang Yi to ‘manage’ tense Sino-US ties

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The United States and China are working to ensure the competition between them does not veer into conflict, a top White House official said Tuesday as the two sides started talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Bidens term in office...

Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, is meeting over two days with Wang Yi, a senior foreign policy official for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in a scenic lake area on the northern outskirts of Beijing...

President Biden has been very clear in his conversations with President Xi that he is committed to managing this important relationship responsibly, Sullivan said in brief remarks to media before the talks began...

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