Biden to meet with Xi Jinping

Biden looks to build "floor" for China relations in Xi meeting

President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a high-level meeting on Monday before the G20 summit in Indonesia for their first bilateral talks, according to a statement released by the White House.

U.S. President Joe Biden hopes to build a "floor" for relations with China when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week, but he will be honest about U.S. concerns, including over Taiwan and human rights, a senior administration official said on Thursday.

The White House said Biden will hold talks with Xi on Nov. 14 on the sidelines of a Group of 20 nations summit in Indonesia, their first face-to-face meeting since Biden became president.

The meeting comes amid deeply strained Sino-U.S. ties, particularly after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's August trip to Taiwan, the self-governed democratic island which Beijing claims as its territory.

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