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Will pandas return to the US following Xi Jinping and Joe Biden's talks?
Fp Explainers •Xi Jinping has signalled that Beijing will send new pandas to the United States, calling them ‘envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples’
Biden urges Xi to press Iran not to widen Israel-Hamas conflict, withhold military support to Russia
Fp Staff •US President Joe Biden on Wednesday appealed to Xi Jinping to use his influence to try to calm global tensions, particularly to try to pressure Iran not to widen the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terror group Hamas
Camaraderie of convenience? As China economy sags, Xi makes strong pitch to America Inc
Fp Staff •Jinping's comments came during a dinner event hosted by the US-China Business Council and the National Committee on US-China Relations for the Chinese premier on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
Chinese President Xi Jinping asks US to 'stop arming Taiwan'
Fp Staff •The two countries have agreed to restore military-to-military communication 'on the basis of equality and respect'
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping agree to restart high-level military talks despite 'dictator' comment
Fp Staff •US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to restore military communications at their first summit in a year Wednesday, even as Biden went off script by saying he still considered Xi a "dictator"
WATCH: Banner at APEC Summit venue has a special message for Xi Jinping
Fp Staff •In a video post shared on X, a plane can be seen circling over the Moscone Center, where this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is being held, with a message reading: “End CCP, Free China, Free HK, Free Tibet, Free Uyghur”
India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, China and the West Asian crisis
Kanwals •That both the Secretary of State and the Defence Secretary did not postpone the meeting despite their preoccupation with the dangerous situation developing in West Asia shows the importance the US attaches to maintaining the momentum of growing ties with India
APEC Summit: US grants Chinese journalists hundreds of visas to cover Xi-Biden meeting
Fp Staff •In a sign of warming relations, the US has allowed a significant number of Chinese journalists to enter the country to cover the first meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden in a year
Biden-Xi to meet at APEC summit: How the South China Sea and Taiwan tensions remain
Fp Explainers •The course of events in the year since the last meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping offers cautious hope that they will have better luck this time around. But it also shows how easily any agreement they reach could once again veer off course
What is APEC? What to expect from the summit happening in San Francisco?
Fp Explainers •The United States is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week for the first time since 2011. Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will gather in San Francisco to talk about how to better spur trade and economic growth across the Pacific region