TOKYO — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the importance of communication at their summit in San Francisco on Nov. 15. At the talks, the two countries agreed to resume military dialogue and start discussions on climate change and regulation of artificial intelligence.
That is good news, but the prospects for defusing tensions between the two countries and promoting deeper cooperation seem grim. The U.S. and China have opposing views on how to navigate bilateral relations; their approaches to preventing military confrontation are like oil and water.