Good afternoon. The world’s most powerful leaders, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, have held talks in San Francisco in a bid to stabilise US-China relations.
In a step towards reducing friction, the US president announced the resumption of military-to-military communications after they were severed in August 2022. The leaders also discussed joint action on climate and divisions over Taiwan – the most sensitive topic in the relationship. Xi reportedly told Biden to stop arming Taiwan, while Biden chided Xi for China’s massive military build-up around the island.
