U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping opened their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year Wednesday with a solid handshake ahead of talks with far-reaching implications for a world grappling with economic cross currents, wars in the Middle East and Europe, tensions in Taiwan and more.
The two leaders, meeting at a country-side estate outside San Francisco in the U.S. state of California, are looking to get communication back on track after a tumultuous year, and to show the world that while they are global economic competitors, they’re not locked in a "winner-take-all" faceoff.
Biden arrived first and awaited Xi, who got out of a black car and took Biden's hand in a hand-over-hand clasp before the two leaders walked a red carpet through the estate's grand entrance with a China flag on one side and a U.S. flag on the other. Five U.S. Marines stood in formation.
The two kicked off talks discussing how important and necessary the relationship is between the two nations, particularly as the world recovers from the global COVID pandemic.
📸@AP: 1 & 2: President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.
📸@AP 3: President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping in the company of their respective officials at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California Wednesday, November 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.
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