November 12, 2021

A much-anticipated virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will take place on Monday evening, the White House confirmed.

The summit presents the biggest opportunity yet to reset the increasingly fraught bilateral relationship.

Although no major breakthroughs are expected on hot-button issues — including tensions over Taiwan, the mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang, and Hong Kong — the meeting could produce initiatives on a range of issues, including easing of visa restrictions, the creation of a bilateral nuclear weapons dialogue and a possible framework to ease trade frictions.

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