10 minutes agoChinese-Biden President: Don't play with fire
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)In a two-hour, tense call, the U.S. and China leader have warned each other about Taiwan. President Joe Biden told his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that the US has strongly rejected any unilateral moves to change the status of the island. But he added that US policy on Taiwan [...]
President Joe Biden told his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that the US has strongly rejected any unilateral moves to change the status of the island.
But, he added, US policy on Taiwan has not changed.
Beijing said that Xi had told Beden to stick to the principle of China for “just a Chinese government”, warning him that “anyone who plays with fire will burn”.
Tensions on this issue have increased before a planned visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
The State Department says that Pelosi has not announced a trip, but China has warned of “grave consequences” if it would make such a visit.
Last week, Beden told reporters that “experience thinks it's not a good idea”, but the White House has called Chinese rhetoric against any such trip “quite useless and not necessary”.
Pelosi would be the top American official to travel to Taiwan since 1997.
During Thursday's telephone conversation, Beden and Xi also discussed a possible face-to-face meeting, said a senior official of the Biden administration, the BBC writes, broadcast Express newspaper.
Beden and Xi didn't have a meeting after Benden came to power.
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province that must become part of the country and has not ruled out possible use of force to achieve it.
According to the principle of “One China”, Washington does not recognise Taiwan diplomaticly, but the US sells weapons to the island, to govern itself democratically, with the reason it can be protected.
