Biden Meets Xi for 1st Time in Person Since Taking Office

Biden Meets Xi for 1st Time in Person Since Taking Office
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov. 14, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke positively about bilateral ties on Nov. 14 during their first in-person meeting since Biden took office in 2021.

The long-awaited meeting, on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, came amid deteriorated Sino–U.S. relations over a series of issues, including the Chinese regime’s rampant technology theft, human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and its aggression against Taiwan.

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