US and China play mind games over how to frame Alaska meeting

Beijing calls it a 'high-level strategic dialogue' -- but Washington says it's nothing of the kind

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Who invited whom? Meeting or strategic dialogue? The U.S. and China are spinning the upcoming Alaska meeting between top diplomats to fit their dueling narratives. © Reuters

TSUYOSHI NAGASAWA and TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writers

WASHINGTON/BEIJING -- Heading into the first senior-level engagement since the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the U.S. and China are locked in fierce psychological warfare over how to define the meeting.

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