Senior Chinese and U.S. officials will kick-start in Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage a two-day high-level strategic dialogue on Thursday.

The coming sit-down marks the first face-to-face talks between high-level officials of the two sides after the new U.S. administration took office.

It also follows the first telephone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, after the American leader assumed office in January.

CGTN’s Mark Niu reports.

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