Biden's attitude of 'trust but verify' stems from a long line of broken promises by Beijing
By his own standards of "temporary stabilization," the president's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping may be considered a success. But such bilateral agreements have rarely been durable.
President Biden greets China's President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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