Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first visit to the US since 2017.
According to Reuters, he is due to meet US President Joe Biden at an undisclosed location in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday morning and then attend the APEC summit.
The Biden-Xi meeting will be only their second in person since the US president’s inauguration in 2021 and has been billed by US officials as an opportunity to reduce friction in what many see as the world’s most dangerous rivalry.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Biden and Xi would also talk about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza as well as US efforts to support Ukraine in its battle to repel Russian invaders.
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