Joe Biden called Xi Jinping a dictator at a fundraising event in California. (FILE)
Washington:
US President Joe Biden said Thursday he still expected to meet Xi Jinping in the "near term" after angering China by referring to its leader as a "dictator."
"I expect to be meeting with President Xi sometime in the future, near term," Biden told a joint news conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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