Chinese President Xi Jinping greets Ethan Rosenzweig (R), US Acting Chief of Protocol, as he arrives at San Francisco International airport to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ week in San Francisco, California, on November 14, 2023. / AFP
(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping began his first visit to the United States in six years on Tuesday, after President Joe Biden said he aimed to restore normal communications with Beijing and his top diplomat stressed the need for freedoms that Washington says Beijing is undermining in the Asia-Pacific region.
Xi is on his first visit to the U.S. since 2017. He is due to meet Biden at an undisclosed location in the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday morning and then attend the annual summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Xi’s summit with Biden will be the firstface-to-face…
