Biden Bursts Out Laughing While Looking at Phone with US-China Leaders... "Who Is This Cheongnyeon?"

Photo of President Xi Jinping's Youth Visit to the US
Xi Jinping: "This Photo is from 38 Years Ago"

Chinese President Xi Jinping looked at photos from his youth together with U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese Foreign Ministry Vice Minister and Spokesperson Hua Chunying revealed on the 15th (local time) via social media.

Spokesperson Hua wrote about this anecdote on her social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that day. According to the post, President Biden handed his phone to President Xi and asked, "Do you know who this young man is?" The phone displayed a photo taken in 1985 during a visit to the United States, with the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in the background. President Xi smiled and replied, "I know, that was 38 years ago."

Photo by Hua Chunying, Vice Minister and Spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on social networking service (SNS)

This photo had been repeatedly reported by Chinese state media before the summit, introducing President Xi's past visit to the U.S. and related anecdotes. At that time, Xi was the Party Secretary of Zhengding County in Hebei Province, and San Francisco was his first stop during his 1985 visit to the United States. He was on his way to Muscatine, Iowa, for a business trip with a local livestock industry delegation. In the photo, Xi is 32 years old, with longer hair and a slimmer physique than now, smiling brightly.

Additionally, Chinese local media reported that President Biden commented on the Hongqi car used by President Xi, calling it a "beautiful car" and mentioning that "it is similar to our Cadillac."

Meanwhile, during the earlier U.S.-China summit, the two countries agreed to resume high-level military communication and expand cultural and people-to-people exchanges. However, President Xi still expressed discomfort with the U.S. sanctions against China and the U.S. stance on the Taiwan issue. Furthermore, specific discussion details or agreements related to these matters were not disclosed. The summit began at 11 a.m. local time and lasted until 1:35 p.m., according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

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