WASHINGTON: US secretary of state
Mike Pompeo
insisted on Thursday the “tide is turning” in dealings with China, citing
international support
for Washington’s policies even as he expressed “dismay” at the number of countries supporting Beijing’s new security law for Hong Kong.
Reflecting rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies, Pompeo stressed President Donald Trump’s tough line on China at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in which he repeatedly clashed with
lawmakers
over administration policies.
It was Pompeo’s first public testimony before the panel in 15 months.
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