In a meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Tianjin, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng called U.S. foreign policy (SCMP) “extremely dangerous” for treating China as an “imagined enemy.” Xie called on Washington to remove sanctions and drop a request to extradite Huawei’s financial chief from Canada.
Malaysia: Parliament reopened (Nikkei) after being suspended since January, and the government announced it will not extend (AP) a COVID-19 state of emergency beyond August 1. Opposition lawmakers have criticized Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s handling of the pandemic, and the largest party in his coalition withdrew its support earlier this month.
