WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (AFP): US President Joe Biden will hold a hotly anticipated virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday (Nov 15), the White House and China announced, as tensions mount over Taiwan, human rights and trade.
Relations between the world's two largest economies have recently deteriorated, in particular over Taiwan, a self-ruling democracy claimed by China, which last month made a record number of air incursions near the island.
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