Biden Calls China's Xi Over U.S. Frustration With Dead End Talks

President Joe Biden urged China’s Xi Jinping to cooperate on key issues even as they spar on other topics, as his administration grows frustrated over what it perceives as a lack of seriousness in Beijing’s engagement with American officials.

The leaders of the world’s biggest economies spoke by telephone for 90 minutes on Thursday night, their first discussion since February. It came as the relationship becomes increasingly adversarial, with a senior administration official telling reporters that Biden initiated the call after meetings involving his cabinet officials and Chinese counterparts over the past months remained unfruitful.

“The two leaders had a broad, strategic discussion in which they discussed areas where our interests converge, and areas where our interests, values, and perspectives diverge,” the White House said in an account of the conversation. “They agreed to engage on both sets of issues openly and straightforwardly,” it added, saying they “discussed the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict.”

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[pkghalm]

Don't forget 10% for the big guy is all that was said.

[アランパーソンプロジェクト]

Stop making excuses to bulling China and focus to solve our own issues within. We are doomed otherwise.

[timothymcelwain]

what he said...."Where is my 10%"? I can't hold off these people in America for ever

[pusheen]

From China's perspective, it is their victory because it was the US begged for a call. It was not China who requested such a call.:-)

[larvale]

I just watched a 6 second ad for this 😳

[computerproducts]

Biden: Give Hunter the money
Xi: Did you mandate the "vaccine"?
Biden: Yes is there anything else I can do?
Xi: Yeah we are missing some keys from the helicopters you left us in Afghanistan
Biden: Corn Pop is that you?
Xi: We will just make more
Biden: Come on man?
Xi: Good Bye Joe.

[nathanielhale]

All show…. Biden was calling in a favor from his old buddy.

[SCH]

"Mr. Xi. There's a man on the moon. Wa wa wa wa wa wa! You ain't black! My butt been wiped". Liden 2021.

[homiedclown]

China’s Xi: Give is our 10% back we think you’re doing a shitty job too

[nathanielcampbell]

I'm just wanting to ask you what's your favorite ice cream Beijing Biden

[letsgobrandon]

"Where is my queue card.... c'mon man. If you dont vote for me, you aint Chinese. where is my 10%? You know the

[johnbrown]

Biden couldn’t find his way out of a paper bag

[MrMann-gteh]

Look at the discontent for Biden and tell me he was duly elected.

[lsfearls]

Yeah Joe just had to give his good ol buddy a call.

[zeroeyes]

“Hey China, the last check bounced. I thought we were cool!”
-former Vice President

[wesleytrout]

Wierd, its like they don't respect weakness... Maybe if he projected as much power outward as he did at US citizens he wouldn't be whining on the phone...

[whisperinthewind]

Biden" about those trade talks Mr. Jinping uhh ummm uhh you know what their was this man his name was Popcorn...."!!

[STapia-hfvp]

If you are in California we need to send a message. VOTE YES TO RECALL NEWSOM.

[christopherkaiser]

His Chinese overlords have some real dirt on him and on his drug addict son. I wonder what he's hiding? I'm guessing some nasty videos with him doing unconscionable things with young children like the rest of them.

[tomdibattista]

Winnie the Poo likes honey, not rotten potatoes.