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November 16, 2021

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping Pledge Cooperation in U.S.-China Virtual Summit
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President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for three and
half hours in a virtual summit on Monday. Topics discussed included
Taiwan, human rights and trade policies. During the summit Xi warned
Biden that supporting Taiwanese independence would be "playing with
fire." Xi also criticized the U.S. for building new alliances in the
Pacific region to counter China's rise. Xi said dividing the world into
blocs would "inevitably bring disaster to the world." Biden called on
the two nations to develop "guardrails" to help avoid possible
disagreements from spiraling into conflict.
bq. President Joe Biden: "It seems to me our responsibility as leaders
of China and the United States to ensure that the competition between
our countries does not veer in the conflict, whether intended or
unintended. Just simple, straightforward competition."


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