In ‘frank’ talks, China accuses U.S. of creating ‘imaginary enemy’
YEW LUN TIAN and TONY MUNROE A top Chinese diplomat took a confrontational tone in rare high-level talks with the United States, accusing it of creating an "imaginary enemy" to divert attention from domestic problems and suppress China. Amid worsening relations between the world's two largest economies, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the second-ranking U.S. diplomat, had face-to-face meetings with China's vice foreign minister in the northern city of Tianjin that the U.S. State Department described as "frank and open". No specific outcomes were agreed and the prospect of a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President…