BEIJING/TOKYO -- Ahead of the first face-to-face, or mask-to-mask, engagement between the Biden administration and China in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, each side still seeks to impose its own framing.
Two sides 'still in discussion' over agenda, Beijing says

The American flag flutters outside the Purple Light Pavilion in Beijing. China and the U.S. do not seem headed for a reset in relations anytime soon in the Biden era. (Photo courtesy of the State Department)
BEIJING/TOKYO -- Ahead of the first face-to-face, or mask-to-mask, engagement between the Biden administration and China in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, each side still seeks to impose its own framing.