Chinese president says meeting with Joe Biden will guide the next phase of US-China relations.
“:”Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his trip to Thailand on Saturday, capping a week of diplomacy in which Beijing sought to forge stronger ties with its neighbours amid an intense geopolitical rivalry with the United States. Before leaving the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum in Bangkok, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke briefly to US Vice-President Kamala Harris , saying his meeting with US President Joe Biden on Monday was “constructive” and would guide the next phase of US-China relations. Xi also told Harris that he hoped both sides would improve mutual understanding and push for the return of “healthy and stable” bilateral ties, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Harris, meanwhile, underlined Biden’s message to the Chinese leader that “we must maintain open lines of communication to responsibly manage the competition between our countries”, Agence France-Presse reported, quoting a US official who requested anonymity. The Xi-Biden meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, was the first in-person sit-down between the pair as heads of state, and covered a range of thorny topics, including Taiwan and the war in Ukraine. Biden also pressed Xi on North Korea, which has accelerated its missile tests this year, including holding an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Friday. Analysts said the three-hour meeting in Bali signalled a mutual desire to turn down the temperature after a series of flashpoints in recent months, particularly over Taiwan and technology.
