US EditionTrump says he’ll visit Beijing in April after ‘very good’ call with China’s Xi
- On Monday, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, White House and Chinese officials confirmed.
- After recent spikes in regional tensions, the leaders spoke following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent remarks about military involvement if China acted on Taiwan.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed historical frames on Taiwan, saying its return to mainland China is key to the post-war order and urged the U.S. and China to jointly safeguard World War II's outcomes, citing the Busan meeting's momentum.
- Beijing's readout revealed no concrete purchase commitments like American soybeans despite last month's trade truce that cut U.S. tariffs and eased Chinese export controls.
- The call complicates plans for a trilateral summit between China, Japan and South Korea, which currently has no set date amid a bad atmosphere; Xi reiterated China's support for Ukraine peace efforts and urged parties to narrow differences.
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondents Park Sung-min and Hong Jeong-gyu = U.S. President Donald Trump said he will visit China in April next year, and that Chinese President Xi Jinping will follow suit...
Xi presses Trump on Taiwan as China-Japan feud spills over into UN and Korea
A Japanese leader’s offhand comments about Taiwan more than two weeks ago created such a firestorm in Beijing that the United Nations and the White House are still getting an earful. Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday, and it seems the most pressing issue on the CCP leader’s mind was Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comment on Nov. 7 that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could pose a “survival-threatenin…
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Trump says he will visit Beijing in April and host China’s Xi for a state visit later next year
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he has accepted an invitation from Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit Beijing in April and that he reciprocated by inviting Xi for a state visit to the U.S. later next year.
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