Kamala Harris Meets Xi Briefly as US-China Tensions Ease
- Vice president uses encounter to press for open communications
- Beijing seeking to repair frayed ties with developed nations
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US Vice President Kamala Harris and China’s Xi Jinping met briefly on the sidelines of an Asian summit, in another signal of easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
Harris said in a tweet that she used the exchange at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Saturday in Bangkok to stress the need for open lines of communication to responsibly manage competition. That reiterated a message delivered by President Joe Biden during his own meeting with Xi on Monday in Indonesia, where they agreed to restore dialogue across a range of sectors.