China, the US: Narrowing straits.

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Shipping in a Rough Sea off Malta, Alberto Pullicino, c1740-60, oil on canvas, Royal Museums Greenwich, London.

CHINA. UNITED STATES. Narrowing straits.

Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi meet in Malta.

Biden's national security adviser met China's top diplomat in Malta over the weekend for “candid, substantive and constructive discussions”. Taiwan said on Monday i…