Well, that sure escalated quickly!
The first meeting between American and Chinese diplomats in March in Anchorage, Alaska didn’t go as planned.
The U.S. side started by reiterating its concerns (and the world’s, it said) about China’s policies in Xinjian, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and cyberspace. The senior Chinese diplomat, Yang Jiechi, replied that American democracy really isn’t all that, accused the U.S. of hypocrisy, and declared “[T]he challenges facing the United States in human rights are deep-seated. They did not just emerge over the past four years, such as Black Lives Matter. It did not come up only recently.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security advisor Jake Sullivan differed with Mr. Yang, but the exchange was quickly broadcast and China’s “wolf warrior” response to the U.S. side framed news coverage of the meeting and made heroes of the Chinese delegation.
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