Biden will meet with Xi on Saturday, for the last time as president

Joe Biden will meet for the last time as president this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he prepares to hand the reins of the world's most important bilateral relationship to President-elect Donald Trump in January.

The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, on the sidelines of a summit of Pacific leaders in Peru. This will be the third meeting between the two leaders since Biden took office, reports CNN.

Senior US officials describe the meeting as a moment for reflection between the two men, whose relationship began more than a decade ago on a long trip through China.

However, their final meeting will be overshadowed by last week's election results.

Trump will take office promising a tough line on China and has already installed a string of Asian superpower "hawks" in key positions ahead of his inauguration in January, predicting a contentious relationship in the years ahead.