the sidelines in the g20 summit in bali this hour. the first time the two leaders will sit down face to face since mr. biden took office and comes as u.s./china relations are at the worst in decades. hoping to see pictures very soon. covering the story from all angles for you. ivan watson is live in bali. steven gee yang from beijing. first thing we re looking at is body language. we want to get a sense of how they are together with relations so low. reporter: that s right. and you know, president biden has made it very clear that he values immensely face to face contact with his counterparts and that s part of why this meeting is so important is because these two leaders have not met face to face since biden was elected president two years ago. they are known quantities to each other, however. they have been meeting especially since president biden was serving as vice president and those meetings go back more
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the underdog, but what has got it this far as knowing what it is fighting for. james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson. president biden has met with china s leader xi jingping for the first time since taking office. the two men held three hours of talks on the sidelines of the g20 summit in bali. china s claims to taiwan were discussed and remain a point of friction. but the two men also agreed to strengthen cooperation on global issues such as climate change. let s speak to barbara plett usher who s in washington for us. how significant was the meeting today? this meeting was significant because it happened, not because it was achieved. the two men know each other quite well because they spent a lot of time together when they were vice presidents, but in what has changed since then, and this was their first has changed since then, and this was theirfirst in person has changed since then, and this was their first in person meeting since taking charge of their countries, with relations at