Senior U.S., Chinese officials have tense exchange over issues

방중 셔먼, '인권탄압.코로나기원' 압박... 북한문제 협력도 강조

In the face of worsening relations between Washington and Beijing,... U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a tense exchange on Monday with senior Chinese officials over an array of issues, including the origin of COVID-19 and human rights,... to name just a few.
Kim Hyo-sun has more.
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials had a frosty exchange Monday over numerous issues ranging from Beijing's human rights abuses to COVID-19 and cybersecurity.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who's in China for two days,... sat down with Wang Yi, who doubles as China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister.
According to the U.S. State Department,... Sherman expressed Washington's concerns over Beijing's series of actions that undermine the international rules-based order.
She specifically expressed concerns over China's anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong and its crimes against humanity in Xinjiang Province.
She also conveyed Washington's concerns over the origin of COVID-19,... pointing out how Beijing has refused to fully cooperate with the WHO.
The White House explained it's important to discuss such hard topics.

"We think it's important for us to say directly to the Chinese officials in private what we say in public. It's in our interest to be very clear to Beijing about where we stand and explain our concerns in detail. And our philosophy is that we should not avoid hard topics."

Sherman, however,... highlighted the need for cooperation on other areas of global interest, including North Korea and climate change.
Earlier Monday, she sat down with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng,... during which the Chinese diplomat accused the U.S. of treating Beijing as a "imagined enemy."

"Currently, the China-U.S. relationship is in a stalemate and faces serious difficulties, fundamentally because some Americans portray China as an 'imagined enemy'. Those in the U.S. hope that by demonizing China, they could somehow shift domestic public discontent over political, economic, and social issues and blame China for its own profound structural problems to serve its domestic political ends."

With the visit by Sherman,... the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit China since President Biden's inauguration six months ago,... ending in sharp criticism from both sides,... it's left to be seen how the relationship unfolds going forward,... including a possible summit between Presidents Biden and Xi.
Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.

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2021-07-27 07:00 (KST)

[danieltam]

"Human rights abuses"? Who's the guilty party? Who let over 600, 000 died of Covid-19? Who has the serious homelessness issue? Who has the highest % of uninsured healthcare? Who has prolonged racism pandemic? Who has the worst economic inequality?

[Hityouinthehead]

US going to China begging them to buy treasuries? Its no longer 2008 anymore

[literung]

Time the US can't continue to sit on the high horse and talk down on others, particularly China. That high and mighty attitude is no more.

[sizzflair]

Miss Wendy Sherman please put on a smiley face, is not the end of the world, just a formal talk with China only and please there is not crimes against humanity in Xinjiang Province, not like what happen in the US.

[raymondsoriano]

That's the reasoning of a female diplomat sent by a collapsing empire.

[WilliamCheangSingapore]

Putin said it best. ‘Don’t blame the mirror if you are ugly. U are looking at yourself

US should go home and focus on their own problem of racism and economic problems instead of going around bullying, making mess and poking its big nose into all other countries matters.
No want ask for u.

[JoeBaloney]

"Human rights violation" is an overused cliche by Anglo Saxon hypocrites.

[epicsuper]

Disappointed; again waste of time just like last time with Blinken, was no objective and nothing achieved but a invitation from Blinken for a child quarrel. This time, proposed again by US, but went there for another child quarrel with nothing achieved again.

[darmanto]

pompeo : we lie, we cheat and we steal

[Wunderpus-photogenicus]

China vs the US is like a civilized and mature adult dealing with a youngster behaving like a spoiled brat.

[agoodchow]

In addition to Sherman unfriendly and ugly facial expression, only other things being remembered about her visit to Tianjin is bringing back the label term -- " Imaginary Enemy / Imagined Enemy " to USA

[wapworld]

Wang Yi: Mrs. Sherman, if you will excuse me, I have another meeting to attend and I do not want to keep the Taliban delegation waiting. Thanks again for your visit!

[vicolew]

Arirang, PLS report your facts correctly.. Sherman is a" junior " diplomant, so she gets to talk only to her counterpart, Xie Feng, the deputy FM of China, whos also looking at the SIno-US bilateral relationship.

FM Wang, Yi, (for courtesy sake) gives her an audience to meet up after her formal talks with Xie Feng. She is not invited and ask to meet with China officials on her so call agenda far east trip. .. As for her not going to Beijing, , , ( being like Washington, the seat of power ), , , One gets invited to Beijing, , Not when she feels like it, she can just march there. Xie Feng schooled her on US using China on every single day, " China here, China there " just to seek out an imagined enemy to deflect the problems back home ( for a national purpose )..

[Wunderpus-photogenicus]

Based on the non stop facial expression of this woman, it seems like the whole world owes her.

[djarminsugianto]

US is a great human rights violater yet She still wants to lecture China about human rights😂😂😂.

[eskay]

China will send Wendy back blinking to Blinken.

[papachefhainan]

In return for yr demands, subject all US biolabs to unfeted inspections and also investigate all humans rights abuses in the US and US war crimes around the world be heard in ICJ. Thats will be interesting.

[nirajshrestha]

Did they also talked about Fort Detrick Lab

[jongmeyo]

US is dying and doing the last desperate kick

[zchu]

American policy on Korea is not just irrational, it is madness.