President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping spoke in a phone meeting on Tuesday, their first communication with each other since Xi visited the U.S. for a summit meeting in November 2023.

A senior U.S. official told reporters the conversation was part of their agreement, from the November meeting in San Francisco, to “maintain regular open lines of communication to responsibly manage competition and prevent unintended conflict.”

Building on recent meetings that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan have had with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, Presidents Biden and Xi were expected to have talked about issues such as trade competition and national security, particularly in regard with technologies such as artificial intelligence and semiconductor manufacturing.

“Intense competition requires intense diplomacy to manage tensions, address misperceptions and prevent unintended conflict,” the U.S. official said.

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China’s state news agency Xinhua, as reported ...

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