notjust to deal with military tensions but also on counter drug efforts and use of ai. president biden said it didn t mean the two countries would stop competing. united states will continue to compete vigorously with prc but will manage that competition responsibly so it doesn t veer into conflict or accidental conflict. and where it s possible, where our interests coincide, we are going to work together, like we did on fentanyl. that s what the world expects of us. notjust people in china and the us, but the rest of the world expects that of us. has there been any reaction to the announcements from the us? so far we ve seen the official read out the chinese side, which emphasised a bit of what you just heard in the biden clip, that this is a moment of both sides assuming their responsibilities as great superpowers. the chinese noted this was an opportunity to focus on unity and co operation where possible, and to avoid a zero sum mentality that would lead the world further
to discuss, not least their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan, and fentanyl. the bbc s james clayton is in san francisco and he s filed this report. apec has started here and it is a huge moment for the city of san francisco, the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. this is a huge economic summit. you are talking about more than 50% of all of the world s trade belongs to the 21 nations who will be attending here this week. and we are talking about 40% of the world s population. so it is a big economic conference, but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting between president biden and his counterpart in china, president xijinping. relations between those two nations have not been good as late. they last met last year in indonesia and since then you have had that moment where the american government shot down a chinese spy balloon and flaming tensions in the south china sea and also joe biden ramping u
one deputy head in the north tested positive yesterday, and is now isolating herself right up to christmas eve. i ve avoided covid thus far, so i feel like i was on borrowed time a little bit. however, i have seen in the schools it escalated phenomenally the amount of cases. christmas in isolation will be interesting. it will feel very much like last year, where you weren t allowed anyone to come round to your house. my husband at the moment had not tested positive. how long that is going to last for, i do not know. # king of all the world. # and all the angels sang for him. one school in cumbria has put its nativity online. kirkbride primary filmed on location around the village of wigton. they didn t want crowds in their school hall. it may be a sign of things to come for other festive plans.