‘It’s Freedom vs. Totalitarianism’: Experts Reflect on Biden–Xi Meeting

Published on November 22, 2023

Cracking down on fentanyl, resuming military talks, and opening a presidential hotline. President Joe Biden walked away from the carefully planned U.S.–China meeting hailing “real progress.” But one question remains: Will the communist regime deliver? Much of the real results will rest on Beijing’s willingness to change. Although given the track record of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Biden administration, which argues for a non-confrontational approach, is circumspect. “‘Trust but verify,’ as the old saying goes. That’s where I am,” President Biden told reporters shortly after an hours-long summit that saw him walking with Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping in the historic Filoli Garden in San Francisco, their first in-person meeting in a year....

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