From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

President Biden and Chinese President Shijing Ping meet for four hours of discussion on Wednesday intended

to lower the temperature on US-China relations.

What did they accomplish and what does it mean for the,

what has been an increasingly tense relationship going forward.

Plus the House Ethics Committee finds that George Santos, the Long Island Republican, broke

the law and House rules. Santos announced he won't run for

re-election after the report was issued, but will he be expelled from the House

before then? Welcome. I'm Paul Geego, editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal here with my

raucous and rebellious colleagues, Kim Strassal and Joe Stern. Just kidding.

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

Welcome to you both.

So a warming trend in U.S. China relations, is that what we have here?

That was the hope on both sides as Biden and she met

on the sidelines of the annual AIPEC meeting

of Asian country leaders in San Francisco this week.

The atmospherics were good for a change but the question is how much was really

accomplished other than frankly just meeting and talking which has its own virtue sometimes.

We both countries, certainly the United States wants to avoid what could be a catastrophic

war.

And both sides had reasons to want to calm tensions.

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