US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plan to hold a meeting via video link before the end of the year, says a senior US official
Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony for Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev in Beijing on July 3, 2019; and US President Joe Biden speaking at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2021.
"The president said how nice it would be to see Xi which he has not done for some years," the official said. "We would expect them to have the ability to see one another, even if only virtually." During that meeting Yang called for the two countries to work together, according to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
Tension is rising over China's aggressive posture toward Taiwan, the US decision to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, trade disputes and human rights violations against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
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