Biden-Xi summit highlights tensions – and desire for cooperation

Analysis: while depth of division remains clear, leaders showed willingness to move in positive direction

The much-awaited meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping achieved its admittedly low expectations when the two finally met and showed a willingness to move the bilateral relationship in a positive direction.

Progress began to show soon after the meeting, for example on journalist visas. But the two sides also provided a list of existing grievances following the three-and-a-half-hour talks. The US said it raised its concerns over China's human rights record, its unfair trade and economic practices", and its behaviour in the South China Sea.