Biden's "respectful" 3.5-hour virtual summit with China's Xi focuses on "managing strategic risks" like Taiwan
CBSN
President Biden "welcomed the opportunity to speak candidly and straightforwardly" with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday night, when the two leaders held a virtual summit. The White House said the men sat down for about 3.5 hours for a video call that was divided into two sections, with a break in the middle.
According to the White House readout on the summit, Mr. Biden "underscored the importance of managing strategic risks" with China, and "he noted the need for common-sense guardrails to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict and to keep lines of communication open."
A senior administration official told reporters after the presidents' meeting that while there had been no major breakthroughs, it was a "substantial back and forth" that was "respectful and straightforward and it was open."
