US and China describe their discussions in Bangkok as “candid, substantive.”
China and the United States said on January 27 that top diplomat Wang Yi and U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held "candid, substantive" talks in Thailand's capital Bangkok, with the issue of Taiwan central after recent elections there.
Beijing and Washington have clashed in recent years on flashpoint issues from technology and trade to human rights, as well as over the self-ruled island and competing claims in the South China Sea.
Relations have somewhat stabilised since U.S. President Joe Biden met Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November for talks that both sides described as a qualified success.
Mr. Wang and Mr. Sullivan "had candid, substantive and fruitful strategic communication on implementing the consensus reached at the San Francisco meeti...