Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S.

“Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued an unusually blunt rebuke of U.S. policy on Monday, blaming what he termed a Washington-led campaign to suppress China for recent challenges facing his country,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Meanwhile, CNBC reports China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, said relations with the U.S. have left a “rational path” and warned of conflict if Washington doesn’t “hit the brake.”