(ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart, Joe Biden, not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan and asked the US to abide by the One China principle, during a video call between both leaders on Thursday.
“Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the US will be clear-eyed about this. The US should honour the one-China principle and implement the three joint communiques both in word and in deed.”
Xi stressed that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same China and that China firmly opposes separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence”.
He said that the US should abide by the one-China principle, which is the political foundation for China-US relations, an official statement from the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry quoted Xi.
“China firmly opposes separatist moves toward ‘Taiwan independence’ and interference by external forces, and never allows any room for ‘Taiwan independence’ forces in whatever form”, Xi said, adding, “the position of the Chinese government and people on the Taiwan question is consistent, and resolutely safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people.”
On contrary, US president Joe Biden said that the US does not support “Taiwan independence”.
“The United States policy has not changed, it strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” a White House statement quoted Biden.
The phone call between the two leaders comes after their conversation on March 18 and a series of conversations between high-level US and PRC officials.
Xi Jinping held the phone conversation with Biden at the request of the latter. This was the second talk since they had a video call in March.
The two Presidents had a candid communication and exchange on China-US relations and issues of interest.
According to a White House press pool, during the call, the two presidents discussed a range of issues important to the bilateral relationship and other regional and global issues and tasked their teams to continue following up on today’s conversation, in particular, to address climate change and health security.
“Today I spoke with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China as part of our efforts to deepen lines of communication, responsibly manage our differences, and address issues of mutual interest,” Biden tweeted.
Biden further said that the US hopes to keep an open line of communication with China to enhance mutual understanding and avoid misperception and miscalculation, and will work with China where the interests of the two countries align and, at the same time, properly manage differences.
Their fifth call since President Biden took office last year came amid heightened tensions among the geopolitical rivals.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering a trip to Taiwan during the congressional recess in August that would make her the highest-ranking American politician since 1997 to visit the island.
Even the US President cast doubt on Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan. Biden said the US military believes it is not a good idea for Pelosi to travel to Taiwan as planned.
“The military thinks it’s not a good idea right now,” Biden said on Wednesday as quoted by the White House press pool.
China has warned of “resolute countermeasures” if Pelosi proceeds with crossing its “red line.” (ANI)
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I would have loved to have heard Xi threaten Trump like that.
Play with Fire????? Those who mess with the USA with veiled nuclear threats may soon have their over-population problems solved PERMANENTLY.
Ching Chong Chinaman sitting of a fence,
Trying to talk in riddles to a Pres with no sense.
Can WWIII be far behind?
You would have waited a very long time before you heard anything like that.
They did this under obama, and even clinton. BUT NOT under trump.
THAT WAS BECAUSE TRUMP had the spine, to retaliate if needed.
Wonder what old senile Joe’s going to do when China goes in and takes back Taiwan? If could be all over with by the time Joe wakes up and finds out what happened. Pelosi needs to take that trip simply to show the world that China, nor any other country, can dictate what we can and can’t do.
Agreed Gus. Taiwan was the haven for Chinese who did not want to be under communistic rule. I guess our newly socialist regime is now speaking for the Chinese communists that taking Taiwan is OK. Sad to say, I do hope Nancy goes, as it may be the only American thing she has done in a while. I also, hope out legislative branch is taking notice and that our military is ready to make the move to defend as we have to support other friends in the area before China decides that those countries belong to them too.
Joe and his family have already received more than their 10% to look the other way. Soon they will have to pay it back to Xi and the Chinese not to spill the Beans to the American Public on Joe’s America sellout. The Cnhinese already know if they tell the media the truth, nothing will be reported. It suited the Chinese to hide the salami of truth in 2020 to get the pain of Trump out of their side. If Joe becomes too mentally unstable to handle and can’t remember who is really paying His and Hunter”s bills they won’t hesitate to take him down next as well. Sending Pelosi to Taiwan is like sending Hunter Biden to negotiate in the American people’s best interests, but the results only benefit he who gets sent. Taking her husband on the trip is the equivalent of Joe taking Hunter to China. Only the political crime families benefit. When Hunter went, money was prostituted for Sex. Nancy will be selling forced Chinese woke women’s and LGBTQ rights in return for military aid, like strings attached to a Chinese Kite.
What will he do? Roll over and go back to nap time.
If Xi wants ‘One-China’ so badly he should just surrender to Taiwan (ROC)…
Those Chinese Americans who voted for Biden should be totally ashamed of themselves. They should have been smart enough to know what was coming, and aware enough to see the CCP influence in the 2020 electiion was not in free peoples’ best interests. Unless they are Communistic in their world view, that is. Mike Livo is right in pointing out that Taiwan is the only haven for mailand Chinese who believe in freedom.
Getting rid of Trump was a brilliant move by the far-thinking CCP. But they had to have primitive, weak, naïve, and stupid opponents in power in America, namely the Democrats, to have the scheme work. Trump would never have allowed a threat like Xi’s to stand..
How do you know that it was Chinese Americans who got Brandon elected? My guess is that the majority of those who voted for him only wa†ch the main stream media, if they even do that. Most are democrats because their parents or friends are democrats, and most of the people they talk to are democrats. They do not know any better, and they do not have the foggiest notion politics and the real world. Have you ever watched “Jay Walking” on the Tonight Show or Jesse Waters on Fox News? So you know, the way I learned about grass roots democrats was by talking to them, not trying to push my views on them. The bottom line is that they do not know what they do not know and simply follow the herd…
I did not say that. Each demographic is just a small portion of the electorate, of course. An analogy, is that if I got 1/10,000 of a cent from all transactions in the marketplace, I would eventually become a billionnaire. It all boils down to a small amount amplified across the board. There are uneducated portions of each electorate, for various reasons, and these add up. Of course, there was corruption by the mass media to confound and pervert each electorate to the media’s own interests.
“1) You can fool some of the people all the time
And (2) all of the people some of the time
But you cannot fool (3) all of the people all of the time”
But the first two examples of “fooling” are enough to cause momentary disasters in history. Now we have Biden…
Wonder if the big guy get 10% of the booty that Tawan has in its coffers.
BRANDON is WEAK!!!! And EVERYONE knows it!!!!