Biden raises human rights, Xi warns of Taiwan ‘red line’ in three hour talk

By Andrea Shalal, Michael Martina, David Brunnstrom and Yew Lun Tian WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart on Beijing’s human rights practices, in an over three-hour call on Monday, while Xi Jinping warned that China would respond to provocations on Taiwan, officials said. The closely watched conversation between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies was described by both sides as frank and direct as the two sides tried to lower the temperature and avoid conflict. The talks appeared to yield no immediate outcomes, but gave the two leader…

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