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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday signalled Washington was considering direct talks between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Beijing on Friday would not say if a meeting was being planned. “We are aware of the reports. We don’t have information to provide now,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters. Chinese observers said while a Xi-Biden meeting could help to control military risks it may be difficult to make progress given the current tensions and following fractious US-China talks in Alaska in March. The world’s two largest economies are at loggerheads over...
