US and China start Alaska meeting with blunt words

Blinken raises Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan and cyber in opening remarks

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The Chinese delegation led by Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi speak with their U.S. counterparts at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18.  © Reuters

ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- The first high-level U.S.-China meeting during President Joe Biden's presidency kicked off in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, with both sides trading barbs from the outset.

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