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BEIJING — The chief U.S. representative to human-rights discussions with China offered a cheerless portrait of those talks after their conclusion Thursday, saying the United States was worried by “a serious backsliding” of freedoms in China and at loggerheads with Beijing officials over many aspects of the issue.
“Our disagreements are profound,” the envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner, said at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, even as he expressed optimism that China’s rights situation would improve over time.
