In what was the last meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden as Biden prepares to exit the White House in January, Xi warned Biden to “make the wise choice” to ensure the “peaceful coexistence” of the United States and China.

In the opening remarks of a conversation between the two world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, that touched on Taiwan, the economy, the war in Ukraine, fentanyl production, and artificial intelligence, Xi acknowledged that the U.S.-China relationship has had its “ups and downs,” but maintained that the relationship between the two nations “has been kept stable on the whole.”