Biden was expected to press Xi to use his leverage over Kim Jong Un to dissuade North Korea from further deepening its support for Russia's war in Ukraine but there were no reports any such talks took place.
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00:00Joe Biden has met China's President Xi Jinping for the final time before he leaves the White
00:07House in January.
00:08Xi was apparently looking ahead to Trump's return in his America First policy, saying
00:13Beijing is ready to work with the new U.S. administration.
00:16During their talks at the APEC summit, Xi cautioned Biden to keep exploring the right
00:21way for two major countries to get along well with each other.
00:24Xi's remarks were widely interpreted as being directed at the incoming Trump administration.
00:29Biden had been expected to press Xi to use his leverage over Kim Jong-un to dissuade
00:34North Korea from further deepening its military support for Russia.
00:38However, there were no reports any such talks took place.
00:41Kim's decision to send thousands of troops to help Moscow repel Ukrainian forces has
00:46been widely condemned.
00:48White House officials have expressed frustration with Beijing, which accounts for the vast
00:52majority of North Korea's trade, for not doing more to rein in Pyongyang.
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