Xi, Biden at Bali summit vow to avoid conflict

Presidents Joe Biden of U.S and Xi Jinping of China opened their high-stakes summit in Bali with a handshake on Monday and with both men stressing the need to manage differences and avoid conflict.

“The world has come to a crossroads,” Xi said vowing a “candid” discussion of issues that have riven relations between the world’s two leading powers.

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“The world expects that China and the United States will properly handle the relationship,” he said.

For his part, Biden greeted Xi with a smile that belied the growing competition between the nation that has defined the last century and a rival that seeks to define the next one.

Biden said he wanted the United States and China to “manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming conflict.”

(AFP)