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Cui Tiankai, speaking at a dinner hosted by the US-China Business Council on Wednesday, said US-China ties were at a critical crossroads due to trade frictions, but it was possible to return to a better path.
“At the same time, we must be alert that some destructive forces are taking advantage of the ongoing trade friction [through] extreme rhetoric such as ‘decoupling’, the ‘new Cold War’, and ‘clash of civilisations’,” the ambassador said, without providing further details.
