The CCP’s Hidden Agenda Behind the Upcoming Biden–Xi Meeting

Xi Jinping knows that the only way to relieve domestic pressures is to have a good relationship with the United States.

People walk outside the Moscone Center during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in San Francisco on Nov. 11, 2023. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

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President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of this month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco, the White House has announced. Mr. Xi’s visit is viewed as an attempt to use the United States to provide relief for China at a time of domestic economic turmoil and strained international relations.