Logo 10 Sep 2021

The red phone rings

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On Friday, Xi Jinping had a phone call with US President Joe Biden.
Some context: The leaders last spoke over the phone in February.

Since then, US-China bilats have been characterized by acrimonious finger-pointing.

Xi kicked things off with an ever-so-gentle rebuke of Washington (MoFA):

“[D]ue ...