During four hours of negotiations, Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agreed on some fronts, like restarting military talks, but maintained divergent views on others, like China-Taiwan tensions.
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President Joe Biden will sit down with President Xi Jinping of China next week in a bid to improve communication between the two powers amid a low ebb.
If trying to avoid a devastating great-power conflict is among the president’s foremost goals, as it should be, this comment appears clearly to tack in the opposite direction.
President Joe Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, adding to displays of official American support for the island democracy.