China's foreign minister Wang Yi and U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan held bilateral talks in Malta ahead of a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden in November. The talks were described as "candid, substantive and constructive" by both sides. The discussions covered various issues including global and regional security, the situation in Ukraine, the Korean peninsula, and stability in the Taiwan Strait. The article also mentions the absence of Wang and Xi at the United Nations General Assembly, indicating that Vice President Han Zheng will represent China instead.

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