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Chinese officials have in recent months abruptly decided to re-engage with their U.S. counterparts after previously stonewalling efforts at dialogue, Kurt Campbell, deputy assistant to the president and coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs, has told The Wire China.
“It wasn't very long ago that China was arguing that no, we're not going to engage with the United States anymore. And suddenly, that changed a few months ago,” Campbell says in an in-depth interview with Bob Davis that can be
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