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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Joe Biden will seek to establish US-China red lines in Xi Jinping talks

Joe Biden boarding Air Force One at Cambodia's Phnom Penh international airport on Sunday.
Joe Biden boarding Air Force One at Cambodia's Phnom Penh international airport on Sunday. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Joe Biden, buoyed by the military breakthrough in Ukraine and Democrat retention of the US Senate, said he would seek to establish red lines in the US’s relationship with China when he meets President Xi Jinping on Monday before the G20 summit of world leaders in Bali.

At an Asian summit on Sunday in advance of his first bilateral with Xi, Biden laid down some firm parameters about freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and warned China against attempting an invasion of Taiwan, to which it lays claim. But he also said he wanted to keep lines of communication open with Beijing.

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