President Joe Biden greets China’s President Xi Jinping in San Francisco

President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping opened their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year with a solid handshake. The two leaders are meeting at a bucolic country estate outside San Francisco. They’re looking to get communication back on track after a tumultuous year. Their talks Wednesday will have far-reaching implications for a world grappling with economic cross currents, wars in the Middle East and Europe, tensions in Taiwan and more.