China's top diplomat called on the U.S. to take steps to improve ties, as tensions simmer over Taiwan, trade and other issues.
Rapprochement between Washington and Beijing in 1972 was largely driven by their mutual distrust of the Soviet Union. In the decades since, China has grown increasingly close to Moscow, while U.S.-Russia tensions have soared over the war in Ukraine.
“China must decide where to stand and understand that bilateral relations with the U.S. will only become more strained in the absence of a clear choice to stand with international law,” said forum participant Jacob Lew, chair of the influential National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and a former U.S. treasury secretary.
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