Biden, Xi in phone conversation to manage tensions
US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.
President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping spoke Tuesday in a new bid to manage tensions between the United States and China, with top US officials to head shortly to Beijing, officials said.The telephone conversation was the two leaders' first direct interaction since a summit in November in California that saw a marked thaw in tone...