Biden and Xi, in first presidential sit-down, vow to ‘manage’ tense relationship

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Pledging to “manage” their fierce global competition, President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping on Monday sat down to their first in-person talks in years, appearing friendly and relaxed despite a nadir in relations between the world’s two superpowers.

The meeting in an Indonesia resort on the margins of the Group of 20 summit of the world’s leading economies lasted for several hours and came as the two countries spar over what Washington considers to be