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.
In the days and weeks leading up Hunter Biden’s trial on felony gun charges, President Joe Biden made little attempt to distance himself from his son. Instead, Hunter Biden was seen at the White House and in Delaware at his father’s side amid what the president’s allies acknowledge is a difficult moment for both men.