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China's President Xi Jinping arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday to hold his first face-to-face talks with President Joe Biden in a year.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, his partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen greeted the Chinese leader as he exited his airplane.
Earlier Tuesday Newsom greeted Biden when he touched down in San Francisco.
Biden and Xi will sit down Wednesday on the sidelines of the summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum at Filoli, a secluded estate along Northern California's coastal range.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and his partner Jennifer at the San Francisco airport
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at San Francisco International Airport to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit and meet with President Joe Biden
Newsom had his own meeting with Xi in Beijing last month during an official trip to California and worked to clean up San Francisco's streets before more than 20 world leaders arrived on its shores.
'I'm here in expectation, as you suggest, of turning the page, of renewing our friendship and reengaging (on) foundational and fundamental issues that will determine our collective faith in the future,' Newsom said at that October sitdown in Beijing.
With the world's eyes on San Francisco, Newsom boasted about work to 'clean up' San Francisco ahead of the APEC Summit - hours before a Czech television crew covering the summit were robbed of their cameras at gunpoint.
Newsom said that work had been done on improving safety in the crime-ridden city, where robbery is up 13.7 percent, year on year, and businesses are fleeing the empty downtown.
'I know folks are saying, 'Oh, they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town,' said Newsom late last week.
But on Sunday evening, a Czech television crew covering the summit were held up at gunpoint and robbed of their equipment.
Bohumil Vostal and his colleagues were filming at 5pm on Sunday outside the well-known City Lights bookstore when three masked men attacked them.
'They were heading at my camera man, aiming a gun at his stomach, and one at my head,' said Vostal, speaking to The San Francisco Chronicle.
Vostal said the equipment was worth $18,000 - and they also lost an entire day's footage.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (R) and his partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom (L) look on as Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) greets guests at the airport
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was also on hand to greet President Xi
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 25
China's President Xi Jinping motorcade drives to his hotel in San Francisco
The motorcade of Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to depart after arriving at San Francisco International Airport
Meanwhile, Biden offered brief words about the strained US-China relationship shortly before leaving the White House.
He called for bringing them back to a 'normal course of corresponding.'
'We're not trying to decouple
