US and China trade barbs after another high-level meeting but say they want to keep talking U S State Department/UPI/Shutter U.S. State Department/UPI/Shutterstock Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tianjin By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US and China fought a war of words Monday as each side worked to set the narrative after their latest testy senior-level meetings. A US delegation led by the Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other officials in Tianjin, China, a week after the Biden administration joined an international coalition to condemn China for its global cyberattacks.