World & Nation
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the junior partner in the ‘no limits’ relationship with China’s Xi Jinping, visits Beijing. What does each man want?
In their final meeting, China’s leader Xi Jinping told President Biden that his nation was “ready to work with a new administration.”
India announced on Monday that it reached agreement with China on the resumption of military patrols along their disputed border in the Himalayas.
President Biden is beginning a six-day visit to Peru and Brazil for the final major international summits of his presidency.
Opinion
The pair will meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. Only economic power can make China address forced Uyghur labor and other human rights abuses.
California
The meeting comes amid tense U.S.-China relations and as the California governor navigates a challenging diplomatic landscape on his trip abroad.
As Russia’s Vladimir Putin meets with China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing, the pomp and pronouncements are meant to signal a unified alternative to the West.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, noting progress on some issues while raising concerns over Russia, Ukraine, Taiwan, opioids and human rights.
Touring Europe for the first time in five years, Chinese President Xi has sought to both woo and divide. Ukraine and trade are wedge issues for China.
The call, described by the White House as ‘candid and constructive,’ was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in California.