A specific date wasn’t reported by Bloomberg News, which cited two officials stating it’s supposed to take place next week. The White House did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Biden frequently reminisces regarding his relationship with Xi. On Monday, he listened to a question regarding his plans to get China to be transparent regarding the origins of the coronavirus pandemic before he walked off without responding.
Biden hardly ever mentions pushing China to stop concealing early data on COVID-19, which has killed over 750,000 Americans. US spy agencies in August estimated that it’s “plausible” the virus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
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Biden usually strikes a conciliatory tone toward China, stating that he doesn’t want conflict with the authoritarian country — yet he announced in October throughout a CNN town hall when pressed that he would order the US military to defend Taiwan from mainland China.
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It’s unclear how much of the virtual summit will be open to the public.
Biden has spoken twice privately on the phone with Xi since he took office — in February and again in September. The most recent call lasted roughly 90 minutes, the White House announced.
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Biden will convene the summit amid reports that his son Hunter Biden still co-owns a Chinese investment firm with state-owned entities. BHR Partners was formed 12 days after Hunter Biden joined his father aboard Air Force Two for a 2013 trip to Beijing.
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A 2017 email obtained from Hunter Biden’s laptop described a 10 percent set-aside for “the big guy” as part of a prospective deal involving a Chinese energy company. Former Hunter Biden business partner Tony Bobulinski announced Joe Biden was the “big guy.”
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On Monday, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that Biden plans to meet virtually with Xi either this month or in December.
“We have an agreement in principle with the PRC that President Xi and President Biden will have a virtual bilateral meeting before the end of the year,” she stated. “This is part of our ongoing efforts to responsibly manage the competition between our countries, not only — not about seeking specific deliverables, so I want to make clear on that.”
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Xi hasn’t left China in almost two years as the COVID-19 pandemic raged.
Biden has kept many of former President Donald Trump’s policies toward China, including tariffs on Chinese goods and sanctions on Chinese officials for eliminating Hong Kong’s autonomy and for mistreating Uyghur Muslim minorities. Administration officials also mentioned potential cooperation on matters such as global warming.
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