U.S. Presidential Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific at the White House, Kurt Campbell, announced to reporters during a Conference Call that “U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed a possible face-to-face meeting during their last call, and they agreed that their team would follow up on the details.”

And the Wall Street Journal previously reported: “Officers in Beijing are working to arrange a face-to-face meeting in November between Biden and Jinping, when the latter will attend two summits in Indonesia and Thailand.

Tensions between Washington and Beijing have escalated sharply in recent weeks following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan despite repeated warnings from China.

Chinese authorities view Pelosi’s visit as a “provocation”. In response to the visit, Chinese troops conducted military exercises around Taiwan, reduced military cooperation with the US, and suspended cooperation on climate change, among other countermeasures.

Beijing does not recognize the independence of Taiwan, considers it part of Chinese territory and rejects any attempts to secede from it, on the other hand, Taiwan does not recognize the central government of Beijing.

On Wednesday, China ended more than a week of intense military exercises around Taiwan that included missile launches and a massive deployment of ships and aircraft.