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Biden, Xi meet amid disputes over military and economic issues
US President Joe Biden met Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the first time in a year on Wednesday (Nov 15) for talks that may ease friction between the two superpowers over military conflicts, drug-trafficking and artificial intelligence. Biden welcomed the Chinese leader at the Filoli estate, a country house and gardens about 48km south of San Francisco, where they will move later for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The US and Chinese leaders will be seeking to reduce friction in what many see as the world's most important relationship, but deep progress on the vast differences ... (full story)