CNN: The world can breathe a little easier after Biden and Xi Jinping’s three-hour call

The world may breathe a little easier after US President Joe Biden’s talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday, writes CNN.

But the two superpowers of the 21st century are still on a collision course.

According to the United States, the Indonesian summit produced two important outcomes: the joint position that Russia should not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, and the expected resumption of climate talks between US and Chinese negotiators, which prompted the COP 27 global climate conference in Egypt.

According to Biden, Xi believes that Beijing also has an obligation to contain North Korea’s destabilizing missile and nuclear activities, which are destabilizing the Pacific region.

The fact that two of the world’s most powerful leaders have not tackled these issues together in recent months shows how the entire world suffers when Washington and Beijing are as deeply estranged as they have been this year. CNN.

Public statements from both sides also seem to indicate that each side recognizes the critical nature of their rivalry, and both want to make sure it doesn’t escalate into war, at least not yet. They are moving towards resuming more regular conversations – U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is now expected to visit China next year. Such exchanges were put on hold after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August and sparked fierce Chinese protests and a wide-ranging military operation demonstrating a growing ability to cut off the self-governing island.