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China and US talk past each other

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Politburo member and top diplomat Yang Jiechi has been hanging out with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Hawaii.

The two had dinner on Tuesday night followed by a seven-hour meeting on Wednesday.

Here are some excerpts from the terse Chinese readout (Xinhua):

“The two sides exchanged i...