News Snapshot:
President Joe Biden is set to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday, as tensions between Beijing and Washington have mounted. The planned virtual meeting will be the third discussion between the pair since Biden took office at the start of the year, and the first since news outlets detailed in mid-October that China had in August tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile — causing alarm among US intelligence authorities. They talked most recently on Sept. 9, when Xi repelled Biden’s request for an in-person conversation determined to ease tensions between the world powers. The leaders didn’t talk about the COVID-19...
