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Biden in call with China's Xi raises human rights, trade

by Aamer Madhani
| February 11, 2021 12:03 AM

Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, a two-hour conversation in which he pressed the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns.

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