Taiwan tensions poised to be primary flashpoint of Donald Trump’s Beijing agenda
Analysts predict that Taiwan will be the most critical and contentious issue when US President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in early April. While Trump has expressed enthusiasm for the trip, Xi has cautioned the US to handle arms sales to Taiwan with prudence.
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Trump said he and Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call.
Trump said the two leaders also discussed a broad range of other critical issues in the U.S.-China relationship, including trade and Taiwan
Xi Jinping told Donald Trump to be 'prudent' when supplying weapons to Taiwan.
Xi said Taiwan was 'China's territory' and Beijing 'must safeguard [Taiwan's] sovereignty'.
Xi warned Trump to be “prudent” about supplying arms to Taiwan.
The Taiwan-US relationship is rock solid, and all cooperation projects will continue uninterrupted.
Taiwan-US ties are ‘rock solid’
Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Taiwan was the “most important” question in China-US relations.
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