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Apec summit: Xi Jinping and Joe Biden set venue for meeting in bid to stabilise China-US relations

  • The pair will meet at Filoli, a private country estate in California, that was once the set for the 1980s soap opera Dynasty
  • Talks are expected to last for four to five hours, and are set to include a landmark deal on the governance of AI

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The Chinese and American leaders will meet at the secluded Filoli estate for their first face-to-face meeting in a year. Photo: Filoli
Orange Wang,Mark Magnierin San FranciscoandIgor Patrickin San Francisco
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden are set to meet at a historic private country house for a one-to-one conversation in an effort to stabilise relations between the two powers.

The two leaders are scheduled to meet at 10.45am on Wednesday local time (6.45pm GMT) at Filoli, an estate located in Woodside, California, approximately 40km (25 miles) south of San Francisco, a source told the South China Morning Post.

Xi will be accorded a state visit-level reception by the US side, according to the source, who added that Washington had offered this without being asked.

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The estate, which is known for the filming location for the hit 1980s American television drama Dynasty, was established as a private residence in 1917 and was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975.

Joan Collins as Alexis (right) and Linda Evans as Krystle (left) in Dynasty, which was filmed at Filoli, the venue for the meeting between Xi and Biden. Photo: ABC
Joan Collins as Alexis (right) and Linda Evans as Krystle (left) in Dynasty, which was filmed at Filoli, the venue for the meeting between Xi and Biden. Photo: ABC
The venue will give Xi and Biden a remote and private setting for their first face-to-face dialogue since their previous meeting in Bali last year, and it echoes the Chinese leader’s previous meetings in similar settings – with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2017 and with Barack Obama at Sunnylands, another private estate in California, in 2013.
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