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“In the race for the 21st century between democracies and autocracies, we need to prove that democracies can deliver,” Biden said this summer as he pledged American COVID-19 vaccines for the world. withdrawal from Afghanistan to his ongoing push for trillions in domestic infrastructure and social spending. He invokes the need to counter and cajole China in major policy pronouncements on everything from the U.S. He hints at the ascendant power in nearly every speech he delivers. And the president wants it at the forefront of voters’ thoughts too. Yet China is never far from Biden’s mind. and China, intense diplomacy at the highest levels, leader-level diplomacy is vital to effectively managing this relationship,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday as he previewed the trip. “In an era of intense competition between the U.S. leader aimed to prioritize shoring up America’s domestic and international positioning before seeking a direct one-on-one with Xi, but now there appears to be a tinge of regret that a meeting won’t take place sooner. Since he took office in January, Biden has spoken to Xi just twice, though they have agreed to meet virtually at some point by the end of the year. Instead, the Chinese leader will participate virtually in some events, missing the informal pull-asides and conversations that often yield the most progress at international summits. He’s promoted those policies by offering them as the solution to a generational threat posed by China and by exhorting the rest of the world to join his cause.īut Xi has chosen to skip the G-20 - and a next-up summit on climate in Scotland - because of COVID-19, an absence that might be the most consequential aspect of the gatherings, as the world waits to see what China’s commitments will be to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The president is now preparing for a pair of global summits where he again won’t be meeting with China’s Xi Jinping but the tensions and aggravations between the world’s two largest economies will nonetheless be on ready display.īiden heads first to the Group of 20 summit in Rome this weekend after months of still-unresolved negotiations over his proposals to invest billions more in U.S. and its allies toward the strategic challenges posed by a rising China - all while there has been little direct engagement between the two rivals. On security, trade, climate and COVID-19, the Biden White House has tried to reorient the focus of the U.S. has pursued a diplomatic strategy that could be characterized as about China, without China. WASHINGTON (AP) - For nine months under President Joe Biden, the U.S.