phnom penh there wont be concessions from the us side no real deliverables which is governmentspeak for specific achievements dont expect a cheery joint statement eitherduring president joe bidens highly anticipated meeting with chinese president xi jinping on monday the leaders will be circling each other to game out how to manage a relationship that the us has determined poses the biggest economic and military threatat the same time us officials have repeatedly stressed that they see the two countries interactions as one of competition and that they want to avoid conflictheres a look at what each side is hoping to achieve out of the leaders first inperson encounter as presidents to be held on the island of bali in indonesiafor the united statesessentially biden and other us officials are trying to understand where xi really standsin a news conference shortly before leaving washington biden said he wanted to lay out what each of our red lines are understand what he believes to be in the critical national interests of china what i know to be the critical interests of the united statesthat mission has become all the more imperative since the conclusion of the community party congress in beijing during which xi secured a normbreaking third term as leader empowering him even furtherits a goal that will be much more readily achieved in person white house officials say despite biden and xis five video or phone calls during the us presidents termbiden told reporters on sunday that hes always had straightforward discussions with xi and that has prevented either of them from miscalculations of their intentionsi know him well he knows me biden said weve just got to figure out where the red lines are and what are the most important things to each of us going into the next two yearsthe us president will want to send a message to xi on white house concerns about chinas economic practices taiwan is sure to come up and biden will want to emphasize to xi that the us will stand ready to defend the selfgoverning island should it come under attack by china biden also will seek to make clear his concerns about beijings human rights practices as he has in their previous interactionsbiden will also use the meeting to press for a more aggressive posture from xi on russias invasion of ukraine the chinese leader has largely refrained from public criticism of vladimir putins actions while declining to actively aid moscow by supplying armswe believe that of course every country in the world should do more to prevail upon russia especially those who have relationships with russia to end this war and leave ukraine said us national security adviser jake sullivanfinally us officials say theyre eager to see where the two superpowers could actually collaborate though there are numerous areas in which biden and xi wont see eye to eye the white house has listed several issues where they conceivably could including health counternarcotics and climate changefor