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U.S. and China agree to resume military dialogue in four-hour summit

Biden and Xi also establish channels of communication on AI and drugs

U.S. President Joe Biden listens as Chinese leader Xi Jinping speaks during their meeting at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, California, on Nov, 15.   © AP

SAN FRANCISCO -- In their first face-to-face exchange in a year, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for roughly four hours on Wednesday, agreeing to establish dialogue mechanisms for anti-drug cooperation, military-to-military exchanges and artificial intelligence.

"He and I agreed that each of us can pick up the phone and call directly and we would be heard immediately," Biden told reporters after the meeting.

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