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The incoming administration is not in the business of providing us assurances about anything, and they'll make their own decisions as they go forward,
Sullivan said
These conversations prevent miscalculations and they ensure the competition between our two countries will not veer into conflict,
Biden saidWe haven’t always agreed, but our conversations have always been candid and always been frank. We have never kidded one another. We’ve been level with one another. And I think that’s vital,
Biden said, pointing across the table as he read from prepared remarks
The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons,
the readout explainedHe reiterated that the United States opposes any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side, that we expect cross-Strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means, and that the world has an interest in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,
the White House readout saidI charged China hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes and tariffs. They paid us,
Trump boasted at his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 4.If we take each other as rival or adversary, pursue vicious competition and seek to hurt each other, we would roil the relationship or even set it back.”
But, he warnedI got along very well with President Xi. He’s a great guy. He wrote me a beautiful note the other day when he heard about what happened,
Trump said after the assassination attempt on him in July
Can you put on your earpiece? We have simultaneous interpreting,
Xi asked Biden at their afternoon news conferenceChina definitely does not want relations with the United States to be thrown into turmoil before Trump formally takes office,
said Shen
When the two countries treat each other as partner and friend, seek common ground while shelving differences and help each other succeed, our relationship would make considerable progress,
Xi said as he met with Biden, according to a simultaneous translationBiden’s trip will be overshadowed very clearly by all of the things that Xi Jinping will be up to when he visits APEC,
he saidChina's goal of a stable, healthy and sustainable China-US relationship remains unchanged,
following the election, ... Xi said, acknowledging "ups and downs" between the countries
Our two countries cannot let any of this competition veer into conflict. That's our responsibility and over the last four years I think we've proven it's possible to have this relationship,
Biden said
China is ready to work with a new U.S. administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences so as to strive for a steady transition of the China-U.S. relationship for the benefit of the two peoples,
Xi said through an interpreter
For over a decade, you and I have spent many hours together, both here and in China and in between,
Biden saidIn a major flourishing sci-tech revolution, neither decoupling nor supply chain disruption is a solution,
Xi saidOver the past four years, China-US relations have experienced ups and downs, but with the two of us at the helm, we have also engaged in fruitful dialogues and cooperation, and generally achieved stability,
Biden said
I think many politicians would prefer that TikTok not go dark in the US in January. After all, some 170 million Americans continue to use the app, even after the government told them it’s a national security threat,
Chander saidWe can see that the world has a lot of regional flashpoints that are ongoing and maybe Beijing sees this as … an opportunity to test their will and see if the world’s support for Taiwan is strong enough,
Kuang-shun Yang, the co-founder of the Taipei-based think tank US-Taiwan Watch, told Al Jazeera, referring to the Russia-Ukraine war, and the conflicts in the Middle East