BEIJING: US Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized China's tightening of controls on foreign journalists, days after British Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly aired similar concerns when he met the country's president.

In a wide-ranging address to about 60 American business leaders in Beijing, Biden said that the US and China still have "many disagreements", including some he described as "profound" such as on "the treatment of US journalists".

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