China’s top diplomat warned the U.S. not to cross the country’s “red line,” in a pointed speech that pushed back against early moves by President Joe Biden to press Beijing on human rights.
Yang Jiechi, who sits on the Communist Party’s 25-member Politburo, said in a video address to a New York-based U.S.-China group that the two sides “stand at a key moment” to rebuild ties and cooperate after Biden’s inauguration. But he placed the onus on the U.S. to repair the damage caused by the “misguided policies” of former President Donald Trump.
