China’s Top Diplomat Urges US to Put Relations on ‘Right Track’

Wang Yi, right, shakes hands with David Perdue in Beijing on June 3.

Photographer: Zhang Ling/Xinhua/AP Photo

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi used his first meeting with new US Ambassador David Perdue to complain about recent actions by Washington, underscoring a downturn in relations between the world’s two biggest economies.

“Unfortunately, the US has recently introduced a series of negative measures on unfounded grounds, undermining China’s legitimate rights and interests,” Wang said during the sitdown in Beijing, according to a Chinese government statement.