WSJ News Exclusive | Biden-Xi Talks Mark Shift in U.S.-China Ties Toward Managing Fierce Competition



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NUSA DUA, Indonesia—A few weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s August visit to Taiwan, advisers to President Biden quietly opened returned-channel talks with a senior Chinese diplomat. Beijing had in huge element severed strains of conversation with the U.S. Government, and the 2 sides had been searching out a way in advance.

Over common video and phone calls throughout the subsequent weeks, the group laid the muse for the primary face-to-face meeting among the U.S. And Chinese presidents due to the fact Mr. Biden became elected, in step with U.S. Officials. The negotiations persisted up to the day of the meeting, with senior Biden administration officers huddled with their Chinese opposite numbers until 3 a.M. On Monday at a resort in Bali, Indonesia, earlier than that day’s talks, U.S. And Chinese officers stated.

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