China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2021, file photo, a woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus sits near a screen showing China and U.S. flags as she listens to a speech at the Lanting Forum at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi and Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call Friday, June 11, 2021 that revealed wide divisions in a number of contentious areas including the curtailing of freedoms in Hong Kong and the mass detention of Muslims in the northwestern Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2015, file photo, then U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing. Senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Yang and now Secretary of State Blinken held a phone call Friday, June 11, 2021, that revealed wide divisions in a number of contentious areas, including the curtailing of freedoms in Hong Kong and the mass detention of Muslims in the northwestern Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's global COVID-19 vaccination efforts ahead of the G-7 summit, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in St. Ives, England. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)