WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) called a decision by Beijing to impose restrictions on all American diplomats on Chinese soil an “escalation,” the latest rebuke in an ongoing tit-for-tat dispute over foreign missions.

Relations between the world’s top two economies have deteriorated in recent months, with both sides locked in fierce recriminations over trade disputes, human rights and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

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