{"id":1738173,"date":"2022-11-14T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738173"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T18:03:43","slug":"covid-never-mentioned-during-biden-xi-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-never-mentioned-during-biden-xi-meeting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Never Mentioned During Biden-Xi Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcovid-never-mentioned-during-biden-xi-meeting-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> or the origins of the virus that originated in China during their private meeting Monday during the G-20 Summit in Indonesia, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The White House said Biden emphasized in his three-hour meeting with Xi the need for their countries to work together on issues such as climate change, debt relief, food security and health security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden also reiterated the U.S. &#8220;One China&#8221; policy that acknowledges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/congress-aims-fast-track-weapons-aid-taiwan-tensions-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan<\/a> is a part of China, but raised objections to Xi\u2019s aggressive action in the region in recent months, according to the White House readout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-meets-chinas-xi-jinping-g20-summit-indonesia-raises-us-concerns-taiwan-hong-kong-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN MEETS CHINA\u2019S XI JINPING AT G-20 SUMMIT IN INDONESIA, RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TAIWAN, HONG KONG, PUTIN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/2022-11-14T102506Z_1210187753_RC2MLX9NGSBZ_RTRMADP_3_G20-SUMMIT-BIDEN-XI.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden and President Xi Jinping\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Biden and President Xi Jinping<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Kevin Lamarque)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden also did not discuss the pandemic or the origins of the COVID-19 virus in his public speech prior to his private meeting with Xi.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment on why COVID-19 or its origins was not discussed between the two leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The origin of COVID-19, which first spread in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-says-xi-meeting-doesnt-believe-imminent-attempt-china-invade-taiwan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wuhan, China<\/a>, is still unknown. A Republican-led Senate investigation concluded in October that a lab leak is the most likely origin. A Republican investigation in the House made the same conclusion last year. The World Health Organization, however, concluded last year that the most likely origin of the virus is a natural jump from animals to people \u2013 a theory backed by most prominent science organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese statement on the Biden-Xi meeting also made no mention of the pandemic, but stressed the Chinese president&#8217;s hope to improve relations with the United States and foster global stability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-says-xi-meeting-doesnt-believe-imminent-attempt-china-invade-taiwan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BIDEN SAYS AFTER XI MEETING HE DOESN\u2019T BELIEVE THERE IS \u2018IMMINENT ATTEMPT\u2019 FROM CHINA TO INVADE TAIWAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/China-COVID.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A man has his swab sample taken for nucleic acid test for the coronavirus disease at a testing booth, in Beijing, China on Nov. 11, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A man has his swab sample taken for nucleic acid test for the coronavirus disease at a testing booth, in Beijing, China on Nov. 11, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Tingshu Wang)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-meets-chinas-xi-jinping-g20-summit-indonesia-raises-us-concerns-taiwan-hong-kong-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meeting<\/a> with Xi is his first face-to-face with the leader as president. Xi began to travel internationally in September for the first time since the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Chinese-President-Xi-Jinping.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Chinese President Xi Jinping\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Chinese President Xi Jinping<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Ju Peng\/Xinhua via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The meeting came as China continues its strict &#8220;Zero-COVID&#8221; policy that allows the government to shut down entire cities if it deems outbreaks to be a threat, as well as severely limit travel. The policies have wrecked the nation\u2019s economy, which led officials in November to declare they will ease some pandemic restrictions as they continue the overall &#8220;Zero-COVID&#8221; policy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Patrick Hauf is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping did not discuss the COVID-19 pandemic or the origins of the virus that originated in China during their private meeting Monday during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1738178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1738173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1738173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1738178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1738173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1738173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1738173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}