U.S.-China talks amid tense ties

President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are set to meet at the APEC summit in San Francisco for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught U.S.-Chinese relations

America's changing views of China     Ally   Enemy

Feb 2022: President Joe Biden (left) boycotts Beijing Olympics

Aug 2022: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits T aiwan – Chinese military conducts live-fire drills around island

Apr 2017: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts China’s President Xi Jinping (above left) in Florida

Mar 2018 Trump imposes $50 billion in tariffs in response to alleged Chinese theft of U.S. technology and intellectual property

Jan 2021: U.S. condemns China for crimes against humanity and genocide against Muslim
Uyghurs

Feb 2023: Biden orders suspected Chinese spy balloon to be shot down off U.S. coast

Nov 15: $760 billion trade deal tops U.S.-China agenda


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YouGov random sample from American Community Survey. Margin of error: 3%

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