NEWS//Interpreting the Biden-Xi talk

On February 11, the day before China celebrated its lunar new year, U.S. President Biden spoke with China's President Xi.

Newspapers headlines from across the globe provide some insight into how that conversation was perceived on a global basis.

U.S. news outlets

• Biden Outlines China Policy in First Call With China’s Xi

  • The Epoch Times (a pro-Trump, conservative U.S. newspaper)

•  Biden raises concerns with Chinese president in first official phone call

  • CNBC

• Biden in call with Xi raises human rights, trade policy

  • Associated Press

Chinese news outlets

• US-China confrontation would be ‘disaster’, Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden in first call

  • South China Morning Post (a newspaper based in Hong Kong, owned by Alibaba)

• Xi speaks with Biden on phone

  • China.org, a voice for China’s government

European news outlets

• Biden raises Taiwan and human rights with Xi Jinping in first phone call

  • The Guardian describes itself as "the world's leading liberal voice"

• China-U.S. confrontation a disaster for both countries, Xi tells Biden

  • Reuters

•  Biden presses Xi on HK, Xinjiang in first phone call

  • AFP (Agence France Presse), a French news agency

Asian news outlets

• First Biden-Xi Phone Call Shows Not Much Has Changed in US-China Relations

  • The Diplomat describes itself as "the premier international current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific region"

• Biden speaks to Xi on phone, highlights concerns about China’s economic practices

  • The Hindu, an Indian news organization

• Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense US-China relations

  • Gulf Times, located in Qatar, has a special focus on the countries around the Persian Gulf

• Presidents Biden and Xi Hold First Phone Call Amid Tense U.S.-China Relations

  • Hamodia, "the daily newspaper of Torah Jewry"