Upcoming Xi-Biden Meetings Looks Like 'Holding Action' to Prevent Escalation - Ex-Diplomat

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The upcoming meeting between US and Chinese presidents, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, is a "holding action" to prevent either side from ramping up tensions, former diplomat and Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman, who accompanied President Richard Nixon to Beijing in 1972, told Sputnik.