The 16th of November Joseph R. Biden Jr. met, for the last time, with XI Jinping, chief of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Lima, Peru, during the APEC summit of Pacific leaders. During this meeting both parties brought the accent on what they achieved from their relationship over the past four years, along with the issues still remained unsolved between them. The two great powers confirmed, with formal statements, that they had “a candid, constructive discussion on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues” on both areas of cooperation and difference.