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China Blasts US ‘Sincerity’ as Biden Calls for More Talks

  • Biden said Sunday that ties will improve ‘very shortly’
  • G-7 leaders outline push to curb Chinese ‘economic coercion’
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WATCH: The G-7 summit has shown that the US and its allies need to do more to win over global swing nations also courted by China and Russia. Stephen Engle reports.Source: Bloomberg

China has questioned the “sincerity” of the Biden administration, as it pushes to resume high-level diplomatic talks with Beijing while also heaping tech sanctions on its main economic rival.

“The US side asks for communication on the one side, yet on the other, suppresses and contains China by every possible means,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning at a regular briefing in Beijing on Monday.