After an early confrontation, the highly anticipated battle of the television anchors – one from Chinese state media and the other a Fox Business host – turned into a polite and rather bland exchange. In response, Liu conceded there were IP infringements in China committed by “individuals” and “companies”. Everything is state, state, state. The conversation – which Regan described as “interesting” – ended with repeated thanks expressed by both sides, and an invitation from Liu for Regan to come to China. The tussle spread to Twitter, where Regan invited Liu to a televised debate on trade – a challenge which was readily accepted.

Source: The Star May 30, 2019 05:15 UTC