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    Biden to press Xi to restore military talks after months of radio silence between US and China

    by Andrew Feinberg Nov 15, 2023 6 minutes
    Source: EPA/Al Drago / POOL

    President Joe Biden’s sit-down with Xi Jinping on Wednesday will be heavily focused on encouraging the Chinese leader to restore communications between the US Defence Department and the People’s Liberation Army after a nine-month rupture sparked by the shooting down of a Beijing-owned espionage balloon.

    The call to resume regular communications, as well as informal exchanges, is aimed at preventing any isolated incident involving the two militaries from spiralling out of control into what could become a shooting war between nuclear-armed nations.

    Mr Biden and Mr Xi are set to meet Wednesday afternoon when both leaders are in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit, their first interaction since a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of last year’s G20 summit in Indonesia.

    The sit-down, which will be held at an as-yet undisclosed location, follows February’s controversy over the spy balloon that made its way across the continental United States

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