Biden and Xi hold first call since November summit

President Joe Biden greets China’s President President Xi Jinping (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP)

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers.

The call was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in California produced renewed ties between the two nations’ militaries and a promise of enhanced cooperation on stemming the flow of deadly fentanyl and its precursors from China.