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Washington, United States — China’s top diplomat will pay a rare visit to Washington this week, the United States announced Monday, paving the way for a potential visit by President Xi Jinping aimed at keeping tensions in check.
“We continue to believe that direct face-to-face diplomacy is the best way to raise challenging issues, address misperception and miscommunication, and explore working with the Chinese where our interests intersect,” he said on customary condition of anonymity. Biden, who last saw Xi last November on the sidelines of Group of 20 talks in Bali, has invited China’s leader to travel next month to San Francisco where the United States will host an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
But tensions have repeatedly soared including after China carried out major military exercises near Taiwan, the US-backed democracy claimed by Beijing, following actions by US lawmakers. Biden on Wednesday will welcome Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a state visit, weeks before Albanese pays his own visit to China as once-frosty ties recover.
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