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The meeting was not announced by Washington or Beijing in advance. The White House described the extensive discussions, in which the two leaders spent more than eight hours together, as “candid” and “constructive”.
A US government official, quoted by the Associated Press, informed journalists, on condition of anonymity, that both sides recognize that the incident of the alleged Chinese spy balloon, shot down in the US last February, was “unfortunate” and who are now looking to “re-establish normal channels of communication”.
The meeting is the latest in a series of small signs that tensions may be easing between the world’s two largest economies.
As the political and military rivalry between China and the US intensifies, analysts worry that the lack of lines of communication could turn a minor confrontation into larger hostilities.
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