US Unlikely to Take Chinese Leader Xi’s ‘Red Line’ Warning in Last Biden Meeting Seriously, Say Experts

‘There is now a broad, bipartisan understanding that we are dealing with an untrustworthy regime,’ an expert said.

President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 16, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

In his recent in-person meeting with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping laid out four topics that he deemed off-limits for the incoming administration, which experts say the United States is unlikely to heed.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum summit in Peru on Nov. 16, wherein Xi said there are four “red lines” that the CCP is warning the United States not to cross, according to Chinese state media.