By Daniel DePetris
In short: U.S.-China relations have gotten worse since the November 2022 Biden-Xi meeting, not better.
The two leaders are therefore gearing up for a redo. This time, San Francisco is the destination. The issues, however, are still the same: U.S. export controls, Taiwan, territorial claims in the South China Sea, China’s burgeoning nuclear weapons program, trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Add the weekslong Israel-Hamas war as well as the overall frostiness on both sides and it’s difficult to see Biden-Xi 2.0 going anywhere—or more accurately put, going anywhere fast.
This piece was originally published in Spectator on November 14, 2023. Read more HERE.