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Biden still expects to meet Xi in ‘near term’

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US President Joe Biden said Thursday he still expected to meet Xi Jinping in the “near term” after angering China by referring to its leader as a “dictator.”

“I expect to be meeting with President Xi sometime in the future, near term,” Biden told a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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