{"id":188723,"date":"2023-11-15T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188723"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:00:13","slug":"inside-the-56-room-california-mansion-where-biden-and-xi-will-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/inside-the-56-room-california-mansion-where-biden-and-xi-will-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the 56-room California mansion where Biden and Xi will meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Inside the 654-acre California estate with &#8216;5 distinct ecosystems&#8217; and a 56-room mansion built by a mining and gas baron where Biden and Xi will try to get U.S.-China relations back on track<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Biden sits down with China&#8217;s Xi Jinping on Wednesday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They will gather outside the packed downtown APEC site\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>VOA reported they will meet at the Filoli estate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Joe Biden plans to rely on some historic\u00a0California luxury for his clutch meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, set to be held at an extravagant estate that might even impress a leader with no term limits on his rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden says he hopes his talks with his Chinese counterpart Wednesday will &#8216;change the relationship for the better,&#8217; after a major spat over the Chinese spy balloon and concern about Beijing&#8217;s close embrace of\u00a0Moscow even amid Russia&#8217;s brutal war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>After months of delicate diplomacy, the two men are set to meet on the Peninsula below San Francisco on a 654-care estate, Voice of America\u00a0reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/22\/77804049-12748775-image-a-6_1700001915527.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping\u00a0 at the\u00a0Filoli estate, according to Voice of America<\/p>\n<p>The grounds of the Filoli estate include five &#8216;distinct ecosystems,&#8217; trails, a fruit orchard, redwood groves, and natural springs \u2013 just the kind of lush setting that might entrance a world leader into backing away from corporate espionage, pondering an invasion of Taiwan, or dialing back import tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Already, the U.S. and China have reportedly agreed to one incremental step, with Beijing vowing to cut down on fentanyl production that is poisoning Americans and contributing to social breakdown on San Francisco&#8217;s streets\u00a0just blocks from the APEC summit underway.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has kept a close lid on the summit site, with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan only telling reporters Monday that it was to be held in the &#8216;Bay Area.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Filoli website\u00a0says it is closed Nov. 13-15 &#8216;while we deck the halls for the Holidays!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/22\/77803779-12748775-image-a-7_1700001923128.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Filoli features a country house and a sprawling estate, along with a\u00a0formal garden<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/03\/77813263-12748775-image-a-1_1700020290540.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Filoli website says it is closed Nov. 13-15 &#8216;while we deck the halls for the Holidays<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/15\/03\/77803775-12748775-The_home_is_located_in_Woodside_on_the_Peninsula_below_San_Franc-a-1_1700019495384.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The home is located in Woodside on the Peninsula below San Francisco<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/22\/77803769-12748775-image-a-9_1700001931007.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The high stakes meeting comes amid China&#8217;s embrace of Moscow<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/22\/77803749-12748775-image-a-10_1700001935709.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>With American and Chinese flags flying, people watch as the motorcade carrying President Joe Biden drives past Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in San Francisco<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/22\/77803737-12748775-image-a-11_1700001939336.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Biden and Xi&#8217;s governments had been making moves towards a meeting before the spy balloon incident<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/22\/77803973-12748775-image-a-12_1700001945931.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer welcomed Biden when he landed in San Francisco<\/p>\n<p>Its director of events,\u00a0Helen Dubuc, on Tuesday denied a summit was set to be held there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are not coming here,&#8217; she told DailyMail.com. &#8216;I would know: I\u2019m the director of events.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The facility features a 56-room mansion, and grounds with plenty of distance from protesters that have lined San Francisco streets and even erupted outside the White House and Biden&#8217;s Wilmington, Delaware home amid Israel&#8217;s war on Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>It dates to 1917 and was built by mining and oil baron\u00a0William Bourn and his wife Agnes. It features large oil paintings, Palladian windows, taxidermy, and a wood paneled room with an ornate fireplace.<\/p>\n<p>It is now owned by the\u00a0National Trust for Historic Preservation.<\/p>\n<p>But the landscape also features a symbol of tremor and collapse. Parts of the land run over the\u00a0San Andreas Fault, where the\u00a0American Plate has been grinding up against the Pacific Plate for millions of years, sometimes resulting in catastrophic earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>The Bourns made it through an earthquake during their first month after moving in, according to the site.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12748775\/Inside-654-acre-California-estate-5-distinct-ecosystems-56-room-mansion-built-mining-gas-baron-Biden-Xi-try-U-S-China-relations-track.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the 654-acre California estate with &#8216;5 distinct ecosystems&#8217; and a 56-room mansion built by a mining and gas baron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Inside the 56-room California mansion where Biden and Xi will meet - News Need News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/inside-the-56-room-california-mansion-where-biden-and-xi-will-meet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inside the 56-room California mansion where Biden and Xi will meet - News Need News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inside the 654-acre California estate with &#8216;5 distinct ecosystems&#8217; 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