Biden in call with China's Xi raises human rights, trade
Source: Associated Press
By AAMER MADHANI
57 minutes ago
Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijings crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.
The two leaders spoke just hours after Biden announced plans for a Pentagon task force to review U.S. national security strategy in China and after the new U.S. president announced he was levying sanctions against Myanmars military regime following this months coup in the southeast Asian country.
A White House statement said Biden raised concerns about Beijings coercive and unfair economic practices. Biden also pressed Xi on Hong Kong, human rights abuses against Uighur and ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang province, and its actions toward Taiwan.
I told him I will work with China when it benefits the American people, Biden posted on Twitter after the call.
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