G-20 summit: Xi Jinping was never gone – opinion

Don’t make things worse, at least avoid an open conflict with China, despite all the criticism: US President Biden’s hopes shortly before the start of the G-20 summit in Bali show how bad relations between the two great powers are. The US president and head of state Xi Jinping may have known each other from their time as vice presidents, but instead of old friends, bitter rivals are sitting face to face in Indonesia this week. The tone is increasingly hostile.