Biden, Xi shake hands at first meeting for a year

U.S. President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Agence France-Presse

United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands as they met for the first time in a year at a high-stakes summit to calm soaring tensions between the two superpowers.

A smiling Biden greeted Xi after the Chinese leader stepped out of a black limousine at the scenic Filoli country estate in the California foothills near San Francisco, before the two leaders shook hands on the front steps.

 

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