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Buttoning up: 105-minute phone call between Biden and Xi points to maturing US-China ties
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US President Joe Biden (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walking together after a meeting during the APEC leaders' week in Woodside, California, on Nov 15, 2023.
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WASHINGTON - The hopeful language of one and the colourful metaphor of the other after a phone call between the leaders of the US and China seemed to signal the maturing of relations between the two superpowers.
While the White House called the April 2 conversation between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping “candid and constructive”, Beijing went further, saying that ties with the US were starting to stabilise. It also put a more colourful spin on the 105-minute call.
