What does the US president’s last global stage moment signify?
The last substantive opportunity for President Joe Biden to make America’s foreign policy case to China’s President Xi Jinping came and went. The only news from the meeting was Xi admonishing Biden to “make the wise choice.” For whom, is the question? Like so many of the Biden administration’s diplomatic engagements with the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), no new ground was plowed, no breakthrough agreements were reached, and no clear path for a less contentious relationship emerged.
Biden and Xi Chat Harmlessly
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan suited up for the Biden administration’s first bilateral encounter with their People’s Republic of China (PRC) counterparts shortly after taking…