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u.s, china exchange war.

       of words over hong kong stir.

washington: the us and china have stepped up a harsh war of words over pro-democracy protests in hong kong .official chinese media reports about a us diplomat

who met with student leaders of hong kong'

pro-democra-cy movement"havegone from

irresponsible to dangerous" and must stop,

us state de-partment spokpswoman mor-gan ortagus said on friday.