KUALA LUMPUR – China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday spurned suggestions that his country might decouple or separate itself from the U.S.
and other trading partners, amid tension with Washington and Europe over technology and security.Speaking by video link from Beijing to a meeting of Asia-Pacific CEOs, Xi promised to open China’s market wider but announced no initiatives to respond to complaints the ruling Communist Party improperly subsidizes and shields technology and other industries from foreign competitors.Xi rejected suggestions Beijing might respond to U.S.
sanctions on its fledgling technology companies by trying to separate their industries from global trading partners. The ruling Communist Party has promoted its own standards.