U.S. President Joe Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart on Beijing's human rights practices, in an over three-hour call on Monday, while Xi Jinping warned that China would respond to provocations on Taiwan, officials said.
The talks appeared to yield no immediate outcomes, but gave the two leaders opportunity to nudge their relations away from icy confrontation.
"I hope that, Mr. President, you can exercise political leadership to return the United States' China policy to a rational and pragmatic track," Xi told Biden, according to Xinhua."It seems to me our responsibility as leaders of China and the United States is to ensure that our competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended," Biden said during a short exchange observed by American reporters.
The two leaders also discussed taking measures to address global energy supplies, U.S. officials said. Chinese officials said Xi agreed to upgrade a "fast track lane" for U.S. business officials to come to China. Xi said those in Taiwan who seek independence, and their supporters in the United States, are "playing with fire," according to Xinhua.
Xi objects to Washington's efforts to carve out more space for Taiwan in the international system, and recent comments by Biden that the U.S. would defend Taiwan in certain cases also inflamed tensions. Biden raised other issues that Beijing regards as its domestic concern, including its handling of Tibet, Hong Kong and Xinjiang, where China's policies face frequent censure by foreign rights groups.
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