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Newsday: 07/03/2023 06:06 GMT : China’s leader Xi Jinping has made an unusually direct rebuke of the US

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07/03/2023 06:06 GMT 

07/03/2023 06:06 GMT : China’s leader Xi Jinping has made an unusually direct rebuke of the US

China’s leader Xi Jinping has made an unusually direct rebuke of the US

BBC World Service - Newsday, China’s leader Xi Jinping has made an unusually direct rebuke of the US

China's foreign minister also blamed the US for the distortion of bilateral relations

President Xi's comments were echoed by China's foreign minister, who blamed Washington for the distortion of China-US relations.

President Xi Jinping has told delegates at Beijing's annual Communist Party congress that the United States and its Western allies have brought in "all-round encirclement, containment and suppression" of China. 

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