July 26, 2021

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi elaborated China's three bottom lines in effectively managing and controlling divergences in China-US relations — the US should not challenge, smear or seek to subvert the Chinese path and system, should not seek to interrupt or disrupt China's development, should not violate China's national sovereignty or territorial integrity — during his meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Monday. 

By making clear bottom lines and urging the US to correct its wrong mindset and wrong actions - the main cause for a stalemate to the already struggling China-US relations - China raised sharp questions to the US on Monday that how the US could seek any good results of the bilateral ties with its policy of suppressing China.

Such a proactive way of laying out Beijing's bottom lines and elaborating major concerns to Washington followed a hardline diplomatic approach, first used at the China-US Alaska meeting in March, should end the wishful thinking among some US politicians who believe that the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State could explore whether the China policy of the Biden administration worked out over the past six months. 

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