
Biden-Xi meeting yielded no major breakthroughs. But Beijing has already claimed victory
CNN
Virtual summit between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping saw no substantive policy on key issues but established a dialogue that can potentially ease tensions and allow for a return to a more constructive, stable relationship.
US-China relations, which came to a near total breakdown during the final year of President Donald Trump's term, had descended into open hostility during more recent high-level bilateral meetings -- including March's now infamous Alaska Summit, during which diplomats from both sides traded barbs.

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