"Xi Jinping has warned of clashes and even conflicts with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing. Xi's remarks, published by China's foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was the most important issue in China-US relations. China is keen to put Taiwan at the top of an agenda that risks being overshadowed by the war on Iran and disagreements over trade. Beijing wants the US to reduce its levels of support for the self-governing island, which China claims as part of its territory."
"Xi has made unification with Taiwan a core priority for his legacy and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve that aim. Trump later said Xi had pledged not to send weapons to Iran, despite recent reports that Chinese arms manufacturers had discussed deals to supply weapons to Tehran. Trump said he and Xi had known each other for a long time and Xi was a great leader. Trump told Xi: I say to everybody you're a great leader. Sometimes people don't like me saying it, but I say it anyway, because it's true."
"The White House's readout of the meeting said the two sides also discussed market access for US firms in China, and fentanyl controls, but these two issues were absent from the Chinese readout. The White House said the two countries had agreed that the strait of Hormuz must remain open to support the free flow of energy and that Xi had indicated China could buy more oil from the US to lessen dependence on Iran. Trump's decision to launch strikes against Iran in February, assassinating the leadership of a country with close ties to China and imperilling global energy supplies, has cast a shadow over talks that were supposed to be focused on reaching a trade deal between the world's two biggest economies."
Xi Jinping warned that China and the US could face clashes or even conflicts over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing. Taiwan was described as the most important issue in China-US relations, and China wants it placed at the top of the agenda. Beijing seeks reduced US support for the self-governing island that China claims as its territory. Xi has made unification with Taiwan a core priority and has not ruled out using force. Trump said Xi pledged not to send weapons to Iran, while the two sides also discussed market access and fentanyl controls. They agreed the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and that China could buy more US oil to reduce dependence on Iran, amid shadow from recent US strikes on Iran.
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