President Joe Biden will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping for their first in-person meeting since the U.S. president took office nearly two years ago. U.S. officials believe they can work on issues such as climate change and health security.
White House aides have repeatedly sought to play down any notion of conflict between the two nations and have emphasized that they believe the two countries can work in tandem on shared challenges such as climate change and health security.
Taiwan has emerged as one of the most contentious issues between Washington and Beijing. Multiple times in his presidency, Biden has said the U.S. would defend the island — which China has eyed for eventual unification — in case of a Beijing-led invasion. But administration officials have stressed each time that the U.S.’s posture of “strategic ambiguity” toward the island has not changed.Tensions flared even higher when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Biden and Xi are each planning to bring small delegations into the discussion, with U.S. officials expecting that Xi would bring newly-elevated government officials to the sit-down and expressing hope that it could lead to more substantive engagements down the line.
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