Joe Biden and Xi Jinping will meet on November 14 in Bali

The president of United States, Joe Bidenwill meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinpingon November 14 in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the summit of the G20the White House announced on Thursday, at a time of high tension between the two superpowers.

The two leaders, who they will meet face-to-face for the first time since Biden’s electionThey will discuss how to “responsibly manage” the rivalry between their respective countries while trying to “work together where (their) interests coincide,” the White House spokeswoman said. Karine Jean-Pierre, it’s a statement.

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Biden and Xi, who have already spoken several times by phone and videoconference, will also address a number of topics “international and regional”, he stated, but without explicitly mentioning the fate of Taiwan.

“What I want to do with it, when we talk to each other, is to determine the type of red lines” that must be respected, said the Democratic leader this Wednesday at a press conference in Washington.

“The doctrine on Taiwan has not changed at all,” Biden repeated, avoiding rephrasing previous statements that had rankled Beijing, according to which the US military would defend Taiwan if the island were attacked.

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Xi won a third term in Chinese Communist Party Congress last month, cementing his status as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Tse-Ttung.

That factor raised concerns in Taiwan and in Washington that China redouble its efforts to annex the island.

Biden frequently stresses his long relationship with the Chinese leader, which began when he was vice president of Barack Obama.

The last conversation between the two leaders dates back to the end of July. Since then, the tension between Washington and Beijing has increased.

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The teams of the White House They had been working for weeks to organize a face-to-face meeting in balinese.

Taiwan has been one of the points of greatest friction, but also the position of each one vis-à-vis Russia and the invasion of Ukraine, as well as technological and commercial rivalries, at a time when the Americans are trying to revive their own high-tech industry to reduce their dependence on China.

Source: Elcomercio

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