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High-level talks were held in China for the first time since the Biden administration took office, but the two countries clashed again. China continued the offensive, and even delivered a list of their concerns to the United States.



Correspondent Kim Ji-sung from Beijing.



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China, which invited US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to their country, launched a fierce offensive as soon as the talks began.



Some US figures have urged the US to change its dangerous policy, claiming that relations between the two countries are at a deadlock with China as a hypothetical enemy.



[Xe Feng / Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China: I asked the United States to immediately stop meddling in China's internal affairs and infringing on its interests, and to stop violating the Red Line and provocations with fire.] Even



Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said that the United States should not attempt to overthrow China's socialist system. He made harsh statements saying no.



He also presented a list of China's concerns for the first time to the United States, which included lifting sanctions against China and addressing unfair treatment of Chinese in the United States.



The US did not back down.



Deputy Minister Sherman expressed concern that China is undermining international order, citing human rights issues in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.



China has also called for cooperation in cyber hacking and investigations into the origin of the coronavirus.



Deputy Secretary Sherman is the highest-ranking person to have visited China since the Biden administration took office.



At first, expectations were raised for cooperation on the North Korean nuclear issue, but there are evaluations that it was only a reconfirmation of the conflict between the two countries.