Who accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping for face-to-face talks with Joe Biden?

Name: Xi and Biden begin face-to-face meeting ahead of G20 summit
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Chinese delegation, including some of Xi’s most trusted aides, offers a rare insight into Beijing’s foreign policy

Meanwhile, the US delegation included Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury chief Janet Yellen and senior security officials

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Each side brought a delegation of nine officials – including the head of state – to the table for Monday’s talks in Bali. Photo: AP

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Published: 10:22pm, 14 Nov 2022Updated: 10:55pm, 14 Nov 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled core members of his US policy team in his first in-person meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden.

Each side brought a delegation of nine officials – including the head of state – to the table for Monday’s talks at the Mulia hotel on the Indonesian island of Bali, which is hosting this year’s Group of 20 summit.

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Xi and Biden begin face-to-face meeting ahead of G20 summit

The composition of Xi’s entourage could offer a rare glimpse into China’s opaque foreign policy formulation at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.

Xi and his delegation came to the meeting after a personnel reshuffle at the 20th Communist Party congress last month, where Xi secured a third term in power and saw his closest allies promoted.

Xi was accompanied by his chief of staff Ding Xuexiang, who has been promoted to the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee.

Ding has accompanied Xi on most of his trips in recent years, be it a visit to a steamed bun shop in Beijing or to the lavish Mar-a-Lago retreat of former president Donald Trump.