Possible Biden–Xi Meeting in San Francisco Highlights America’s Slipping Status

U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and CCP leader Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov. 14, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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The dirty secret of Silicon Valley’s trillions in wealth creation is that much of it has been built on Chinese slave labor. I bring that up because President Joe Biden may be meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) starting Nov. 12. According to the San Francisco Standard, whether Mr. Xi attends is the biggest question: “The Chinese leader has been coy about whether he’s attending.”