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China-US relations: Beijing’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi urges Democrats and Republicans to help heal ties between two countries

  • Yang tells representatives from both parties that dialogue will help ‘enhance mutual understanding and cooperation’
  • Appeal is latest attempt to get things back on track following phone conversation between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping last week

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China’s foreign policy chief Yang Jiechi has urged Democrats and Republicans to help get the China-US relationship back on track. Photo: AFP
Teddy Ng
China’s foreign policy chief has urged politicians from both sides of the US partisan divide to get the relationship between the two countries back on track.
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Yang Jiechi, a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo, told a virtual meeting with Democrats and Republicans that more dialogue was needed, according to state news agency Xinhua.

“We hope the US government can correct their wrong policies towards China, and work with China to take positive steps to implement the consensus reached by the presidents of the two nations and push China-US relations back on the right track,” he said.

“The dialogue between Chinese and American political parties is very beneficial to enhancing mutual understanding and deepening dialogue and cooperation. It is hoped that the two parties in the United States and people of insight from all walks of life will continue to play a positive role in the development of relations between the two countries.”

Attendees included Howard Dean, a former head of the Democratic National Committee, and Carla Hills, a former US trade representative and housing secretary.

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