THE inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States has been welcomed in Beijing, but Chinese officials are increasingly impatient that Washington has not enunciated a new China policy.

At a foreign ministry press conference held the day after the inauguration, Chinese spokesman Hua Chunying acknowledged that “as I watched the fireworks display and heard the crowd cheering at the inauguration party, I did feel somewhat emotional.”

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