China slams the door in the face of US diplomat ahead of proposed visit

Political analyst Professor Joe Siracusa says China has “slammed the door” in the face of US diplomat Wendy Sherman ahead of a proposed visit to prepare a meeting between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping. “She was supposed to go China to see her opposite number, prepare a meeting with Blinken - the secretary of state - and his opposite number and then prepare a summit meeting between President Biden and President Xi,” he said. “This is a major disappointment, it’s a great snub.