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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Amy Hawkins

China praises ‘warm’ Xi-Biden meeting in change of rhetoric

Xi Jinping and Joe Biden
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met in Woodside, California, on Wednesday. Photograph: Mfa China/UPI/Shutterstock

China has praised the “warm” meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in California, in a marked shift of rhetoric after months of negotiations aimed at restabilising what has been a testy relationship.

A readout from China’s foreign ministry said the US-China relationship was “the most important bilateral relationship in the world” and that “a stable and growing China is good for the United States and the whole world”.

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