Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
While Sherman visited China, the US secretary of state is coming to India on Tuesday evening to deepen bilateral ties with New Delhi. This includes stabilisation of Afghanistan, Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific, counter-terrorism and cementing of defence cooperation.
United States Deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi talked past each other with the US raising all the red flag issues with China.
Wendy Sherman, according to State Department spokesperson, raised the issue of genocide in Xinjian, human rights abuse in Tibet and Beijing’s anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong.
Sherman conveyed Washington’s concerns about the People Republic of China’s unwillingness to cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO) on a second phase investigation of the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
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