The Perils of President Biden’s Meeting With Xi Jinping

U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. Biden is scheduled to travel to California to attend the APEC summit in San Francisco. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Commentary

Beware of the impending summit between President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Neither China’s current trajectory nor President Biden’s long record of woefully underestimating the Chinese threat inspires confidence that the meeting will have a positive outcome.