A virtual meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened with leaders exchanging friendly remarks despite what has been troubling times for the Chinese Communist Party’s relationship with many countries around the world. Via translators, the two leaders—on Monday night in the United States, and Tuesday morning in China—restated their hopes for the first virtual summit of the Biden presidency and for the future of U.S.-China relations. Biden outlined that “the United States is always going to stand up for our interests and values, and those of our allies and partners” in a world where “all countries have to play by the same rules,” while Xi outlined his view that, as the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China will “shoulder our share of international responsibilities and work together for the most noble cause of world peace and development.” Biden also mentioned the U.S. …