Politics
China’s Tough Talk on U.S. Sanctions Leaves Room to Cool Tension
- U.S. sanctioned a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo
- China seeking to improve ties but doesn’t want to look weak
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By now it’s become a familiar pattern: the Trump administration takes an unprecedented action against China, Beijing vows retaliation and then life pretty much goes on as normal.