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US: President Biden raises human rights, Xi warns of Taiwan ‘red line’ in three-hour talk
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17 November 2021
WASHINGTON, 17 November 2021, (TON): Officials said “US President Joe Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart on Beijing’s human rights practices, in an over three-hour call, while Xi Jinping warned that China would respond to provocations on Taiwan.
The closely watched conversation between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies was described by both sides as frank and direct as the two sides tried to lower the temperature and avoid conflict.
The talks appeared to yield no immediate outcomes, but gave the two leaders opportunity to nudge their relations away from icy confrontation.
They discussed North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, global energy markets, trade and competition, climate, military issues, the pandemic and other areas where they frequently disagree.
Xi told Biden, according to Xinhua “I hope that, Mr. President, you can exercise political leadership to return the United States’ China policy to a rational and pragmatic track.”
Biden spoke of avoiding conflict as well.
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