Daily Memo: Biden-Xi Meeting, Azerbaijan’s Pushback

The U.S. and Chinese leaders finally held their much-anticipated sit-down.

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Biden and Xi. U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco on Wednesday. They agreed to resume direct military-to-military communications, which were severed last year after then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Taiwan. They also reached a deal to […]

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