Status quo. president xi was more direct. he promised the fiery death, he promised that those who play with fire, set themselves on fire and would perish. very clearly from that it sounds like a president xi is playing hardball, president biden is playing wiffle ball and we've seen that far too often. to your point about if this is accurate, we know it is at least in part, both parties agree in the readout that the gentleman agreed to a face-to-face meeting. president xi never would've agreed to a face-to-face meeting if after he set the redline on taiwan that joe biden set up to him and said ...