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US: Ball Is in China's Court to Reverse US-China 'Decoupling'

Nike Ching

   STATE DEPARTMENT - As the United States is seen as "decoupling" from
   China, will this policy change represent a permanent and long-term
   movement in U.S. decision-making or isitsomething that could change
   next year or in a future U.S. administration?

   Hours before the U.S.presidential election, a senior U.S. official
   said"the ball is in China's court" whether or not the U.S.-China
   "decoupling" is becoming a permanent element in the U.S. policy.

   Miles Yu is U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's principal China
   policy and planning adviser whois helpingreshapeU.S.policy toward
   China.

   In an exclusive interview with VOA Monday, Yu said while U.S.-China
   "decoupling" has never been a "stated policy," "decoupling is
   happening."Yu told VOAState Department Correspondent Nike Chingthathow
   China responds to this "measured approach" would determine U.S.
   decision-making in the coming years.

   Yu told VOA "pretty soon" the UnitedStateswill have a final verdict on
   whether to officially labeltheChineseCommunistParty's suppression
   against the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang as "genocide."

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