How U.S.-China ties have crumbled—and where Xi and Biden could rebuild - Defense Priorities

When Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets U.S. President Joe Biden in San Francisco on Wednesday, it will be first and foremost an opportunity for the two heads of state to show the world – and their own people – that they can responsibly manage relations between the two superpowers.

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