‘Off-The-Charts Arrogant’: Lawmakers, Analysts Slam Chinese Diplomats’ Fiery Display at US-China Talks

Yang Jiechi (R), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office for China and Wang Yi (L), China's Foreign Minister arrive for a meeting with U.S. counterparts at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18, 2021. Fredrick J. Brown/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The first face-to-face talks between the Biden administration and Beijing on March 18 got off to a testy start after Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials lashed out at the United States over a range of alleged infractions.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and a senior foreign policy official Yang Jiechi in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday for two days of talks between the two sides.