The world needs China and the United States to have a stable and cooperative relationship, President Xi Jinping told US Vice-President Joe Biden, just days before new uncertainy looms with Donald Trump taking office. Meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Xi told Biden that he “positively appraised” his efforts to increase friendship and mutual understanding between the two countries, China’s Foreign Ministry said late on Tuesday. “In the 38 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, relations between the two countries have weathered wind and rain, but generally have continued to forge ahead,” the statement paraphrased Xi as saying.
