U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday evening said he exchanged views with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi.
Chinese President Xi Jinping did not travel to India and was represented by Qiang.
“I met with Xi’s number-two person in India today,” Biden said at a news conference in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on Sunday.
Mr Biden last met Mr Xi in person on the sidelines of last year’s G20 Summit in Bali.
Mr Biden said he thought Mr Xi had his hands full right now.
“He has overwhelming unemployment with his youth, so he’s trying to figure out, I suspect, just like I would. Trying to figure out what to do about the particular crisis they’re having now. But I don’t think it’s a crisis relating to conflict between China and the United States,” Mr Biden said.
When asked whether he expected China’s economic struggles to lead it to invade Taiwan, Mr Biden said that he believed the…