More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined.
Mr. Biden won applause when he noted that he and Mr. Xi had agreed to resume military to military communication to “reduce the risk of miscalculation.”
Despite simmering tensions, President Biden and President Xi Jinping exchanged the kind of pleasantries that adversarial leaders deploy when they are trying to make nice.