Biden addresses Xi ‘dictator’ remark, says US-China relations unharmed

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WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he did not think his comment referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a dictator had undermined or complicated the U.S. relationship with China, while declining to walk back the sentiment. “The idea of my choosing and avoiding saying what I think is the facts with regard to the relationship with ... China is, is just not something I am going to change very much,” Biden told reporters at the White House. He said he expected to be meeting with Xi in the near term and said Secretary of...