Joe Biden says Senate victory will strengthen hand with China’s Xi Jinping | World news

US President Joe Biden said he was “coming stronger” to his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday, buoyed by better-than-expected results in the mid-term elections.

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Biden will cross paths first with Chinese President Li Keqiang at the East Asia Summit on Sunday in Cambodia, ahead of a meeting with Xi.

He will also hold talks with several Asian leaders, including US allies South Korea and Japan. Biden pledged that the US would cooperate with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on shared challenges such as the South China Sea and the escalating violence in Myanmar.