Top US and Chinese officials will hold a meeting this week in Switzerland that will include negotiations about a possible virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart.
Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, will meet Yang Jiechi, China’s top foreign policy official, on Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the situation. One person said the two sides were moving closer to arranging a virtual summit between the two leaders.
Biden last month spoke to Xi on the phone, in their second conversation since he took office. He suggested that they hold an in-person summit, but Xi did not respond and urged the US to tone down its anti-China rhetoric.