US President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next week for the first time in almost a year.
The pair are set to hold sideline discussions while attending the APEC summit which Joe Biden is hosting in San Francisco.
Conflict in the Middle East, Ukraine and other bilateral issues will be top of the agenda during talks on the sidelines of the summit.
The meeting between Xi Jinping and the US follows a series of high-level meetings with officials in Beijing and Washington in recent months.
A senior US official has clarified the competition between China and the US but has emphasised Americans do not want another Cold War and intend to manage international competition responsibly.
