The Xi-Biden summit has concluded successfully with an announcement that U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, will make a follow up visit to China. Given that U.S.-China relations had been in free-fall for several years, both sides focused on lowering expectations in the run-up to the summit. There was to be no joint communique and the emphasis was taking the ongoing dialogue between the two leaders to a new level with their first face-to-face meeting since Joe Biden became U.S. President.
