By Bibhu PattnaikPresident Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit last week to keep U.S.-China relations on track. Days after their extensive talks, Vice President Kamala Harris met with Xi to follow-up on assurances that the two nations would sustain dialogue. “I greeted President Xi before the APEC Leaders Retreat,” Harris wrote in a Twitter post Nov. 19:Today in Bangkok, I greeted President Xi before the APEC Leaders Retreat. I noted a key message that President Biden emphasized in his November 14 meeting with President Xi: we must maintain open lines of communication to responsibly manage the competition between our countries. — Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP)Relations between Washington and Beijing have been contentious over several issues — from trade and technology to China’s claims to Taiwan.
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