Joe Biden, Xi Jinping hold talks to repair ties

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“It’s paramount that you and I understand each other clearly, leader-to-leader, with no misconceptions or miscommunication,” Mr Biden said. “We have to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict. And we also have to manage it responsibly,” he added. Middle East help Since they last met, already fraught ties have been further strained by the US downing of a Chinese spy balloon that had flown over the continental US and by differences on the self-ruled island of Taiwan, China’s hacking of a Biden official’s emails and other incidents. Mr Biden is expected to let Mr Xi know that he...