President Joe Biden will meet for a final time this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he prepares to hand over power — and the reins of the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship — to president-elect Trump in January.

This is likely to be their final meeting before President Biden leaves office. Biden sees it as a chance to reflect on the "tough relationship" between the two countries, an official said.

Biden and Xi have tried to keep tensions at bay over issues ranging from Taiwan to the South China Sea, North Korea and Russia, and American demands for more Chinese help to stem