Explainer-What to expect when Biden meets Xi Jinping in San Francisco
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By Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet on Wednesday before a summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco, seeking to reduce friction in what many see as the World’s most dangerous rivalry. The leaders of the World’s two largest economies have known each other for over a decade and have shared hours of conversation in six interactions since Biden’s January 2021 inauguration. But they have met only once in person since then, and Xi, who arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday …