No love lost between US and China at first major talks | First Thing

The two countries clashed over human rights, democracy and power at their first summit of the Biden administration. Plus, lawmakers said anti-Asian hate was at crisis point'

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The US and China butted heads in extraordinary scenes at their first high-level talks of the Biden era, which took place in Alaska yesterday. The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, took aim at China's human rights record as well as cyber-attacks on the US and economic coercion of our allies".