US President Joe Biden and China's head of state Xi Jinping spoke by telephone for the first time since their emergency meeting in California in November. The two presidents met last November near the US metropolis of San Francisco for a personal meeting after a whole year of complete radio silence.
Relations between the world's two largest economies have long been strained, including after economic sanctions against Beijing and amid fears in the West that China's army could invade Taiwan. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants to travel to China again in the coming days and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in coming weeks.