China senior diplomat says US relations at 'new crossroads'

China’s relationship with the United States has reached a “new crossroads” and could get back on the right track following a period of “unprecedented difficulty”, senior diplomat Wang Yi said in official comments published on Saturday.

Relations between the world’s two biggest economies have come under increasing strain amid a series of disputes over trade, human rights and the origins of Covid-19. In its latest move, the United States blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies it said had ties to the military...