Without mentioning President-elect Donald Trump's name, Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to signal his concern that Trump's protectionist rhetoric on the campaign trail could send the U.S.-China relationship into another valley.

China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.

President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Saturday met here for a final time during Biden’s presidency, exchanging pleasantries amid rising tensions and appearing to aim their messages not as much at one another as at someone not in the room: President-elect Donald Trump.