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China’s UN envoy blasts US ‘bullying’ as sanctions widen before Trump-Xi talks

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Mark Magnier
China’s UN envoy blasts US ‘bullying’ as sanctions widen before Trump-Xi talks

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China’s top UN diplomat slammed the US on Friday over its coercive behaviour, sanctioning of Chinese vessels and firms and for starting the Iran war along with Israel as Beijing assumed the rotating one-month presidency of the UN Security Council. The verbal blast came as Washington heaped more pressure on China on Friday by sanctioning a China-based petroleum terminal operator, the latest in a string of recent US mo...

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China’s top UN diplomat slammed the US on Friday over its coercive behaviour, sanctioning of Chinese vessels and firms and for starting the Iran war along with Israel as Beijing assumed the rotating one-month presidency...

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