China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has warned visiting US secretary of state Antony Blinken that “negative factors” are rising in the bilateral relationship, signalling Beijing’s growing impatience with Washington’s policies.
Speaking before closed-door talks with Blinken in Beijing on Friday, Wang said that while dialogue and co-operation between the US and China had increased in “various fields”, “on the other hand, negative factors in Sino-US relations are still rising and accumulating”.
“China’s legitimate right to development is being unreasonably repressed and China’s core interests are constantly challenged,” Wang said, reflecting concerns about US export controls on advanced technology and military support for Taiwan.