Top diplomats from the United States and China on Thursday clashed over policies and their countries' standing in their first in-person meeting since the change in U.S. administration, underscoring the intensifying rivalry between the world's two largest economies.Hourlong tense exchanges that were open to the media marked the start of what is expected to be a two-day meeting in Alaska between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on the U.S. side and China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.China has been eager to normalize the b…READ FULL ARTICLE
