As the United States and China continue discussions on a virtual summit to be held between the countries’ two leaders next week, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics loom large.
President Xi Jinping is likely to use the discussion, expected next week, to extend a personal invitation to President Biden attend the events in Beijing in February, sources said.
The invitation would serve as a challenge to Biden to decline, and put the relationship on ice; or accept, and contradict his administration’s own messaging on democracy and human rights.
