VP Biden meets with Chinese president in Beijing

Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jingping in Beijing today as part of his diplomatic mission to Asia.

The meeting went overtime, lasting an hour longer than planned. The White House has not yet released the specifics that were discussed during the two hour long meeting.

Biden arrived in Beijing a day after meetings in Tokyo, where he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to urge dialogue amid growing tensions after China declared ownership of Japanese contested airspace over the East China Sea as part of its new Air Defense Identification Zone. While in Tokyo, Biden declared his intention to raise American's concern over the new ADIZ with the Chinese president.

Details of the issues discussed during Biden's meeting with the Chinese president have not yet been made public.

In prepared remarks concluding their meeting, Biden stated that America's relationship with the U.S. “ultimately has to be based on trust, and a positive notion about the motive of one another."

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