As tensions simmer, China demands US action to improve ties

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi delivers an address during a forum marking the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communique (Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries via AP)

China’s top diplomat has called on the US to take steps to improve ties, as tensions simmer over Taiwan, trade and other issues.

Foreign minister Wang Yi’s remarks were delivered virtually to a forum marking the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communique, signed during the icebreaking 1972 visit to China by then-president Richard Nixon.