.China's Foreign Administrator Wang Yi (R) shakes fingers with United States National Protection Specialist Jake Sullivan at Yanqi Lake in Beijing on August 27, 2024. u00c2 Ng Han Guan|Afp|Getty ImagesBEIJING u00e2 $" Commander In Chief Joe Biden and also Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to speak over the phone in "happening weeks," the White House mentioned Wednesday.The news came amid USA national safety and security consultant Jake Sullivan's vacation to Beijing this week to meet Wang Yi, China's leading diplomat.Both edges said their military leaders would certainly likewise keep a contact the around future.Chin added that think about the 2nd round of U.S.-China talks on artificial intelligence are underway. The White House took note John Podesta, elderly expert to the president for international environment policy, would very soon take a trip to China, without defining a date.In representative readouts of Sullivan's trip, both nations maintained their postures on specialist limitations, Taiwan, the South China Ocean as well as Ukraine.Biden is actually certainly not running for reelection in November hereafter summer months, delivering the election to his bad habit head of state, Kamala Harris. The White House declaration carried out not name the presidents, as an alternative it noted prepare for a "leader-level telephone call." The Mandarin side's claim utilized its traditional language of "2 heads of state," and pointed out each sides were explaining "a brand-new around of interaction," according to a CNBC translation of the Chinese.Biden as well as Xi held a nearly two-hour phone call in very early April, after the two leaders had actually complied with in Nov 2023 on the side projects of a top in Woodside, California.High-level interaction in between the planet's two biggest economies hasn't been easy recently surrounded by improved strains and also Covid-19 regulations. Then-U.S. Audio Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's journey to Taiwan in August 2022 and a prominent "balloon occurrence" in February 2023 possessed more extended their partnership, suspending some organized talks.First USA protection advisor check out given that 2016Sullivan showed up in Beijing Tuesday, wrapped up two days of meetings with Wang on Wednesday and also is actually set to leave Thursday. This is his 1st trip to China as national protection adviser, even with multiple conferences with Wang in recent years.The last formal vacation to China through a commander in chief's nationwide safety and security agent was in 2016, when Susan Rice traveled to Beijing under the Obama administration.While the outcome of November's presidential election stays vague, being difficult on Beijing is actually an uncommon problem that both U.S. political parties acknowledge on.Harris' present nationwide protection consultant, Phil Gordon, pointed out in May at an Authorities on Foreign affairs event that the "China challenge" is actually much greater than Taiwan, and also requires making sure that Beijing "doesn't possess the innovative technology, cleverness and military abilities that may challenge our team.".