China hopes to be a 'partner' of the United States, not an adversary. This was stated by Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang during a meeting with U.S.

Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. The meeting comes at a time when Washington and Beijing are at odds over a number of subjects, such as access to cutting-edge technologies, the future of Taiwan and the use of TikTok. The U.N. secretary-general is in China for a meeting on the state of the global economy.