Xi Jinping and Joe Biden had a telephone conversation
. Chinese state media reported this, underlining that "the two heads of state had a sincere and in-depth exchange of views on China-United States relations and issues of common interest to the two sides". The White House confirmed the conversation, explaining that it was their first telephone conversation since July 2022. The two leaders last met in person in November 2023 in California.
The Taiwan
issue
"is the first insurmountable red line in Sino-American relations." In the phone call he had with his US counterpart Joe Biden in the evening, Chinese President Xi Jinping assured that "we will not let separatist activities, external connivance and support for the forces of Taiwan independence remain uncontrolled". Therefore, Xi added in the Xinhua report, "we hope that the United States will implement the President's positive statement not to support Taiwan's independence." Biden and Xi had a "frank" and "constructive" discussion on many issues. This was reported by the White House, underlining that Biden highlighted "the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and respecting the law and freedom of navigation in the China Sea".
Biden raised
American concerns with Chinese President Xi Jinping about Beijing's cooperation with Russia
to rebuild Moscow's core military industry. A US administration official said this while illustrating the contents of the telephone conversation between the two leaders.
"If the US is willing to pursue mutually beneficial cooperation and share the dividends of China's development, our door will always be open; if it insists on suppressing
China's high-tech development
and depriving it of its legitimate right to development, we we won't stand by and watch." This is President Xi Jinping's warning to his US counterpart Joe Biden on the "infinite series of measures to suppress China's economy, trade, science and technology", while "the list of sanctions against Chinese companies is increasingly longer: this it is not the removal of risk but the creation of risk,” CCTV reported.
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