November 14, 2021

Ahead of the highly anticipated virtual meeting between the top leaders of the world's two largest economies this week, senior Chinese diplomat warned the US to stop manipulating "the Taiwan card" to contain and encircle the Chinese mainland. The warning came after several recent misconducts by Washington politicians, and experts predict the Taiwan question will be a major topic of concern at the meeting. 

The meeting is expected to focus on how to define the China-US relationship as it is important for the two major powers to compete on the basis of common rules, Chinese experts said, noting that the two leaders are likely to discuss other issues such as trade, climate change and regional security as well as stability in places like the South China Sea. 

The upcoming Xi-Biden meeting via video link, the first such meeting with Xi since Biden took office, will also serve as a clear indication for the future development of the China-US relationship including on which areas the two sides can expand cooperation and on which they need to take disputes under control, some experts said on Sunday. 

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