Chinese media have reported that Jinping has warned the United States not to play with fire during a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met via video. The meeting, which took place last Monday, is seen as significant in the context of fierce competition between the two countries.
The meeting focused on trade, human rights, the Taiwanese problem, the corona epidemic and climate change.
An official statement from the White House said the meeting, which lasted two hours, was a “respectable and open meeting”. Biden stressed that the rivalry between the two countries must be direct and transparent, and that the United States does not want a confrontational course.
The Chinese president said he would like to work with his old friend Joe Biden. US President Joe Biden has said that China’s dominance over Taiwan is a move that could destabilize peace and stability and therefore oppose it.
Reacting to this, Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden not to support Taiwan’s independence and not to ‘play with fire’.
It is noteworthy that Biden had previously openly stated that the United States would support Taiwan.
Joe Biden also spoke about human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. In response, Chinese President Xi Jinping explained that China does not want outside interference in internal affairs.
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