China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang (left) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi (center) share a toast with US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) before a working lunch at the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO
BEIJING: China and the United States on Wednesday launched high-level talks, with Chinese President Xi Jinping urging the world’s two biggest economies to break old patterns of confrontation.