Taiwan casts long shadow over Trump’s summit with Xi

YD Yuanyue DangSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-15 · 20:32 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Following a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Beijing, Taiwan has become the initial challenge to a new "strategic stability" approach between the two nations. Analysts note that differing interpretations of Taiwan's status have surfaced. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated that China believes the US understands and values China's concerns regarding Taiwan, and does not recognize or accept Taiwan independence. Beijing considers Taiwan the most critical issue in its relationship with Washington.

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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi stated that the US side understands China's position on Taiwan and does not recognize or accept Taiwan independence.

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Beijing defines Taiwan as the most important issue in the bilateral relationship between China and the US.

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Subtle differences have emerged in how the two sides have characterised Taiwan after the Trump-Xi summit.

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Taiwan has emerged as the first test of Beijing and Washington’s new “strategic stability” formula.

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Taiwan has emerged as the first test of Beijing and Washington’s new “strategic stability” formula, according to analysts.In the aftermath of the high-profile summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Beijing, subtle differences have emerged in how the two sides have characterised Taiwan, which Beijing defines as the most important issue in the bilateral relationship.Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday that during Trump’s state visit to China from Wednesday to Friday, the Chinese side “feels during the meetings” that “the US side understands China’s position, values China’s concerns, and, like the international community, does not recognise or accept Taiwan-independence" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="127684" data-entity-type="topic">Taiwan independence”.

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