Biden on Not Calling Xi: ‘Haven’t Had Occasion to Talk’
- Promises competition, not conflict, in U.S.-Beijing reset
- U.S. secretary of state has spoken with Chinese counterpart
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President Joe Biden said there was no particular reason why he hadn’t yet spoken with China’s Xi Jinping, and promised a different kind of relationship with Beijing from his predecessor.
“Well, we haven’t had occasion to talk to one another yet,” Biden said Sunday in a interview with CBS recorded Friday. “There’s no reason not to call him.”