Top China Diplomat Warns of Decoupling Risk Even as Ties Improve
- Decoupling is self-defeating, Foreign Minister Wang Yi says
- China to send pandas to US, streamline visas, battle narcotics
Wang Yi during a reception for Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations on Jan. 5.
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China’s top diplomat warned the US that decoupling would be “self defeating” as the country set out to implement a recent agreement made between their leaders.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking on Friday at an event to mark the 45th anniversary of US-China diplomatic relations, cited a slew of initiatives that reflect improved ties including streamlined visas for US travelers, a counternarcotics working group to battle the flow of the synthetic fentanyl to the US, and the sending of pandas to the US by the end of the year.