Senior U.S., Chinese officials hold "productive" talks in Beijing

Senior U.S. officials and their Chinese counterparts held "candid and productive" talks in Beijing on Monday, the State Department said, as Washington seeks to build on high-level diplomatic engagements between the two countries despite escalated tensions in recent weeks.White House national security spokesman John Kirby characterized the meeting involving Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, as "making progress in terms of opening up additional lines of communication."The talks came after U.S. officials admitted last week that William Burns, …READ FULL ARTICLE