Biden called Xi, a "dictator", just hours after they met for the first time in more than a year and held candid and productive discussions to revive bilateral ties on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco.
The restoration of military communications is a significant sign of warming relations between the US and China, who have had not-so-cordial relations over the years. China suspended military communications in protest of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last year.
The four-hour meeting between Biden and Xi is scheduled to take place at San Mateo County's Filoli Estate. The two leaders last met during the G20 Summit in Indonesia last year amid strained ties over trade, Taiwan and Beijing's activity in the South China Sea.
The major development came during Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's US visit where he met Biden, State Secretary Antony Blinken and NSA Jake Sullivan. Biden and Xi last met during ther G20 Summit in Indonesia last year.
"History has shown that confrontation, whether in the form of a cold war, a hot war or a trade war, will produce no winners," Xi told delegates gathered here at the summit in Port Moresby.
Huairou, China: A summit of 21 Asia-Pacific economies is underway outside Beijing amid China's efforts to boost its status as a regional leader in trade and finance.President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are
Beijing: Preparing to hold the biggest jamboree of world leaders including US President Barack Obama who would be attending this week's APEC summit, China for once managed to clear the toxic haze here to present
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