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What happened during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union

On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Joe Biden met Xi Jinping and later said that there was no need for a new 'Cold War'

(From left) Boris Yeltsin waves from the balcony of the Russian parliament during events marking the end of Soviet rule in 1991
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(From left) Boris Yeltsin waves from the balcony of the Russian parliament during events marking the end of Soviet rule in 1991

Raghav Aggarwal New Delhi
Following his three-hour-long meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, US president Joe Biden said that "there need not be a new Cold War". The two countries, according to Biden, need to work together on global issues like climate change and food insecurity.

The US and China have seemingly been at loggerheads for the past few years. On several occasions at international forums as well as on social media, the diplomats of the two largest economies of the world have often exchanged heated remarks. The main issues of contention were Taiwan, semiconductors and human rights. 

Jinping's remarks on Monday reflected similar