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What Xi got out of his meeting with Biden

China’s leader Xi Jinping flew into San Francisco to meet US president Joe Biden on November 15 for his first visit to the US since 2017.

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2023

Chinese court to consider compensation for people on missing Malaysia Airlines flight, relative says

A Chinese court will hold hearings on claims for compensation for the Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 on a flight to Beijing, a representative of the families says

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Hong Kong's Roman Catholic cardinal says he dreams of bishops from greater China praying together

Hong Kong’s newly appointed Roman Catholic cardinal says he dreams of having bishops and faithfuls from different parts of greater China pray together one day

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Did Biden and Xi just hit a reset? Not quite, but they did agree on a few things

After hours of talks, the two leaders emerged with agreements to cooperate. Biden even said he and Xi agreed that they should be able to pick up the phone and talk with one another whenever they want.

WEKU · Nov 16, 2023

Did Biden and China's Xi hit a reset? Not quite, but they did agree on a few things

After hours of talks, the two leaders emerged with agreements to cooperate. Biden even said he and Xi agreed that they should be able to pick up the phone and talk with one another whenever they want.

WEKU · Nov 16, 2023

Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting relations back on course, even as issues remain unresolved

Perhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

‘Very significant’: Biden-Xi meet could help lower tensions, say analysts

China and the US will want to manage their differences as they each battle other challenges, according to analysts.

Al Jazeera · Nov 16, 2023

Chinese corporate leaders worry a push to have babies could hurt gender equality: 'If someone has to sacrifice in the family, it’s always the woman'

The pandemic created two challenges for China: worsening gender equality while also deepening the country's demographic decline.

Fortune · Nov 16, 2023

Pandas, fentanyl and Taiwan — takeaways from Biden's long-awaited meeting with Xi

President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for hours on Wednesday in a widely anticipated encounter intended to recalibrate tensions between the two countries

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Biden-Xi sit-down will cap months of repair work by Biden’s cabinet

Mr Biden’s top advisers have laboured for months at repairing a rupture that dates back to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s August 2022 trip to Taiwan

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023