CNA Correspondent Podcast: Biden and Xi find common ground in San Francisco, but for how long?
Is a flagging Chinese economy changing the way China views its relationship with USA? Steve Lai speaks to Simon Marks and Low Minmin on this episode of the CNA Correspondent podcast.
The leaders of the world’s two biggest economies met on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco.
Steve Lai speaks to Simon Marks and Low Minmin about the current state of the US-China relationship and the challenges that lie ahead.
Simon Marks who reports out of Washington:
The biggest win ... was the agreement that in turbulent times, the two leaders can once again pick up the telephone and talk to one another.
CNA's Shanghai correspondent Low Minmin:
China (is) trying to change the conversation and the nature of the relationship, getting the US to not see it as competition, but as a country to coexist with. But that message doesn't look like it's landing on President Biden.
Jump to these key points:
- 1:41 How secretive the meeting was
- 3:58 Beijing putting Taiwan on the agenda
- 8:15 China's role in geopolitical conflicts
- 10:13 China's weakening economy
- 17:36 About that "dictator" quote
- 20:16 What were the "wins"
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Source: CNA/cr
