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US, China’s ties in a bind: ‘Structurally, the confrontations between the two major powers are huge’

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off a visit aimed at improving communication and stabilising the tense relationship between the world’s two largest economies. Yellen’s trip through Sunday is her first to China as treasury secretary, and comes just weeks after Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a rare visit to the country. As Yellen arrives in Beijing in a US bid to stabilize fraught ties, FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis is joined by Jean-Baptiste Monnier, Vice President of the Asia Center.

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