China praises 'warm' Xi-Biden meeting in change of rhetoric

China has praised the "warm" meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden in California, in a marked shift of rhetoric after months of negotiations aimed at restabilising what has been a testy relationship. A readout from China's foreign ministry said the US-China relationship was "the most important bilateral relationship in the world" and that "a stable and growing China is good for the United States and the whole world". Official rhetoric from Beijing has moved in recent months from a more aggressive stance on the US to a more conciliatory tone. A recent editorial in People's Daily, the official Communist…