High Level U.S. - China Talks End. China Says Relations Are At A Stalemate

CNBC: Tense U.S.-China meeting ends, Beijing official says relations are in a ‘stalemate’

* Before talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman even ended, China said the relationship “is now in a stalemate and faces serious difficulties.”

* State news agency Xinhua said Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng subsequently told media the Chinese side presented the U.S. with two lists, one of “errors” it needed to address, and the other of issues Beijing considered important.

* When asked about the lists, senior U.S. administration officials did not name the items but said generally that both sides raised concerns.

BEIJING — Another high-level meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials — this time in the Chinese city of Tianjin, just outside of Beijing — concluded Monday with criticism from both sides.

Before the talks even ended, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng told U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Monday the two countries’ relationship “is now in a stalemate and faces serious difficulties.”

“Fundamentally, it is because some Americans portray China as an ‘imagined enemy,’” the ministry’s English-language release said. “We urge the United States to change its highly misguided mindset and dangerous policy.”

The statement said, however, that China still wanted to work with the U.S., on the condition leaders “change course” and adhere to Chinese interests.

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WNU Editor: Nothing was accomplished in today's meeting. If anything. The differences between the two countries have only been reinforced.

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