President Joe Biden greets China’s chief Xi Jinping on the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative convention.

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President Joe Biden greets China’s chief Xi Jinping on the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative convention.

Doug Mills/The New York Times by way of AP, Pool

BEIJING and WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden and Chinese chief Xi Jinping held what a senior Biden administration official dubbed a “check-in” name on Tuesday, marking the primary dialog between the leaders since their face-to-face assembly in California in November.

The name touched on the whole lot from Taiwan to the state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula, synthetic intelligence and Russia’s struggle in Ukraine.

According to the Chinese readout, Xi advised Biden strategic consciousness “must always be the first ‘button’ to be fastened” in bilateral ties. The Chinese chief additionally elaborated his place on points regarding Hong Kong, human rights and the South China Sea, the readout says.

The Chinese chief warned once more that the “Taiwan issue” is an “insurmountable red line” in bilateral ties. Xi additionally urged Biden to “translate” his dedication of not supporting “Taiwan independence” into concrete actions, based on the readout.

Biden, within the name, emphasised the significance of sustaining peace and stability throughout the Taiwan Strait and the rule of legislation and freedom of navigation within the South China Sea, based on a White House readout.

The two leaders additionally mentioned the worldwide geopolitical state of affairs. Biden, based on the White House, raised issues over China’s help for Russia’s protection industrial base and its affect on European and transatlantic safety. He additionally emphasised Washington’s “enduring commitment” to the whole denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Tuesday’s name was the primary time Biden and Xi have talked since they met in northern California in November. There, they agreed on a variety of steps to attempt to stop more and more fraught U.S.-China ties from slipping into battle, together with extra frequent contact on the chief stage, between militaries and past.

Ahead of the decision, a senior administration official advised reporters the dialog wouldn’t characterize a change in U.S. coverage towards China, and competitors stays a key function.

“Intense competition requires intense diplomacy to manage tensions, address misperceptions and prevent unintended conflict. And this call is one way to do that,” mentioned the official, who spoke on situation of anonymity as he was not permitted to talk on the document.

Biden raised perennial U.S. issues about China’s “unfair trade policies and non-market economic practices,” based on the White House readout — a difficulty that shall be entrance and heart when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits China later this week.

The president additionally reiterated to his Chinese counterpart that Washington will proceed to “take necessary actions to prevent advanced U.S. technologies from being used to undermine our national security, without unduly limiting trade and investment,” the White House readout mentioned.