“You can never become a Westerner.” US-China relations took an interesting turn in the last week, with comments by Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, and then positive remarks by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, during a visit to Beijing.

Wang Yi was speaking to Japan and Korea in these remarks, as the two nations have recently strengthened ties with the US, while China becomes an increasingly stronger economic power and bigger rival to the US.

The comments were quoted in the CNN article by Nectar Gan on July 5.

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