'Let's get something straight,' Biden replied in June during a press conference in Switzerland. Over the summer, Biden responded sharply to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, who asked if he would call Xi 'old friend to old friend' - seeking access for World Health Organization investigators searching for the origins of COVID-19. Xi appears to have trolled Biden by coming out strong and greeting him as an 'old friend' - which is in direct contradiction to repeated denials from both the President and his press secretary Jenn Psaki that the pair are not 'old friends'. Published: 01:20 GMT, 16 November 2021 | Updated: 09:05 GMT, 16 November 2021Ĭhinese leader Xi Jinping appeared to make a sly dig at Joe Biden when he greeted him as an 'old friend' at the start of their first video meeting for their virtual summit Monday night.īiden, who has previously pushed back on assertion he and Xi were friends and called their meetings 'pure business', noted that the two men have 'spent an awful lot of time talking to each other.'īut he suggested that they should start the meeting 'more formally, even though you and I have never been that formal.' Chinese state media first reported that Biden told Xi he didn't support Taiwan independence, with the White House confirming that statementīy Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S.Biden reiterated the U.S.'s support for the 'one China' policy in dealing with Taiwan but told Xi there should be 'no unilateral changes to the status quo'.'We need to establish some common-sense guardrails,' Biden said, adding, 'especially on vital global issues like climate change'.He hoped the conversation would will ensure 'simple, straightforward competition' between China and the United States.Biden told the Chinese leader he was looking forward to a 'candid and forthright discussion'.
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Xi referred to Biden as an 'old friend,' while Biden noted that the two men have 'spent an awful lot of time talking to each other'.The meeting went longer than expected, lasting around three and a half hours, and was broken into two sessions.President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged pleasantries for the cameras at the top of their virtual summit Monday night.China's President Xi trolls Biden by calling him 'my old friend' after his multiple denials they are close: Leaders hold virtual summit after increasing tensions over Taiwan, COVID and ongoing trade war