Chinese officials are planning for a face-to-face summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden on the fringe of major international meetings planned in Southeast Asia in November, Kyodo reported on Saturday, citing the Wall Street Journal, which quoted White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell as saying on Friday that the meeting would follow the Communist Party Congress when Xi is expected to secure a third term as leader.
Xi was likely to attend a summit of leaders from the Group of 20 economies on Bali, in Indonesia, from November 15 and then travel to Bangkok to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for summit two days later, according to the US report, with Campbell also saying China had “overreacted” by launching an intensified campaign “to intimidate and coerce Taiwan and undermine its resilience” after Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island. He urged Beijing to “behave like a responsible power” and reopen the channels it had closed, it said.
Read the full report: Kyodo.
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