Senior diplomats from China and the United States are in Anchorage, Alaska for highly anticipated talks —the first face-to-face– since the Biden administration took office. The dialogue comes after a major downturn in relations over the last few years. There are several key areas to address between the world’s two largest economies.

CGTN’s Mark Niu reports from Anchorage.

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Joining the discussion:

• Qinduo Xu is Senior Fellow at the Pangoal Institution and host of CGTN’s Dialogue Weekend.
• James Moore is the founder and CEO of the Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society.
• Yan Liang is an economics professor at Willamette University.
• Gary Locke is a former U.S. Ambassador to China.

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