China Won’t Talk If US Doesn’t Show Respect, Ex-Official Says

China will only engage in talks with the US if its leaders show respect toward Beijing, according to a former top Chinese economic official.

“If the US wants China to totally accept the US proposal, to accept the US conditionality, I think there’s no negotiation,” Zhu Guangyao, who was China’s Vice Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2018, said in an interview in Singapore.

Zhu said while technical teams from both countries remain in contact, talks over Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs must be based on mutual respect, peaceful co-existence and a win-win mindset. He didn’t elaborate on what specific actions ...