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    On high-stakes trip to China, US officials confront tech along with trade

    by Jessica Meyers, Los Angeles Times May 02, 2018 4 minutes

    BEIJING - Chinese state media filled with images last week of President Xi Jinping, high above the Yangtze River, peering through binoculars at the world's largest dam. He couldn't have found a larger prop.

    "Just think if we had relied on outside help to build the Three Gorges Dam!" official outlets quoted Xi as saying.

    As President Donald Trump's economic advisers travel to Beijing this week, that desire for self-reliance is key to the trade tensions. While China wants to end dependence on foreign technology, White House officials charge it's trying to control the future of cutting-edge industries.

    Xi's pointed comment followed the Trump administration's recent

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