U.S. invites China's top diplomat Wang Yi to Washington

The United States has officially invited China's top diplomat Wang Yi to Washington after he was reinstated as foreign minister last week, a State Department official said Tuesday.The invitation was extended during a meeting of senior diplomats from the two countries in the U.S. capital on Monday, according to State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.Following a mysterious one-month absence from public duties, Wang's predecessor Qin Gang was abruptly dismissed from the post just seven months after being appointed, with the Chinese government giving no explanation for the removal.Asked whet…READ FULL ARTICLE