Opinion: With U.S.-China relations lacking, Biden and Xi pick the low-hanging fruit

“A Better Biden-Xi Summit?” was the title of my recent commentary about a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Xinping at the APEC conference in San Francisco this week.

The title’s emphasis was on the question mark. With good reason: Last year’s summit in Bali was a flop. Owing to poor preparation and an overemphasis…