US, China Hold ‘Candid’ Talks Days After Security Forum Spat
- Kritenbrink is most senior US official in China since February
- Two nations’ defense chiefs traded barbs at conference
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Senior US and Chinese officials held “candid” talks in Beijing, days after the two countries’ defense chiefs squared off at a fraught security forum exposing limits in mending the bilateral relationship.
Daniel Kritenbrink, the top US State Department official for Asia, met with Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Monday, becoming the most senior US official to publicly travel to Beijing since an alleged Chinese spy balloon derailed ties in February.