China’s relationship with the United States can be restored and “kind angels can triumph over evil forces”, Beijing said on Thursday, in an upbeat statement after earlier imposing sanctions on a raft of American officials who served under Donald Trump.As Joe Biden was making his presidential oath in Washington, China’s foreign ministry said it would ban 28 officials, including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, and their immediate family members from entering China. It also announced…

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