Biden and Xi, in California, promise to work to avoid conflict
WOODSIDE, Calif. — Breaking a yearlong silence between them, President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday in Silicon Valley and vowed to reduce tensions in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.Among other things, they agreed to resume military communications and impede the flow of deadly fentanyl from China.“For two large countries like China and the United States, turning their back on each other is not an option,” Xi told Biden at the beginning of their talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. “It is unrealistic for one side to remodel the other, and conflict and confrontation has unbearable consequences for both sides.”Biden told Xi it was “paramount” the two leaders, who have known each other for decades, understand each ot...








