Biden, Xi meet ahead of G20 summit

Let’s talk: Xi shaking hands with Biden ahead of the G20 summit in Bali. — AFP

CHINESE leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden met for long-awaited talks that come as relations between their countries are at their lowest in decades, marred by disagreements over a host of issues from Taiwan to trade.

The two, holding their first in-person talks since Biden became president, met on the Indonesian island of Bali ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) summit yesterday that is set to be fraught with tension over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.