US, China Vow to Narrow Differences on Sensitive Issues

The United States and China on Wednesday capped talks in Washington with promises to expand work on a range of key regional and global issues and to narrow differences on sensitive matters such as cyber security, China's claim on a disputed, strategic area in the South China Sea and human rights. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the 7th round of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue "productive" and "significant" in its breadth and depth while his Chinese...

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