In 3-hour assembly with China’s Xi, Joe Biden raises Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks together with his US counterpart Joe Biden on the Indonesian island of Bali forward of a Group of 20 (G20) summit on Tuesday.

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US President Joe Biden (proper) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake arms earlier than their assembly on the sidelines of the G20 summit. (AP photograph)

By Associated Press: President Joe Biden on Monday objected to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” towards Taiwan and raised human rights issues about Beijing’s conduct in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong throughout his first in-person assembly with President Xi Jinping because the U.S. president took workplace, the White House mentioned.

In its assertion on the roughly three-hour assembly, the White House mentioned Biden informed Xi that the uswould “continue to compete vigorously” with China, however that “competition should not veer into conflict.”

The White House mentioned Biden and Xi additionally agreed that “a nuclear war should never be fought” and may’t be received, “and underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.” That was a reference to Russian officers’ thinly-veiled threats to make use of atomic weapons as its almost nine-month invasion of Ukraine has faltered.

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Nov 14, 2022