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Trump to Meet Xi Jinping in Beijing Next Week as US Senators Visit Chinese Capital
National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen told reporters in Taipei that Beijing could attempt maneuvering over Taiwan when President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping next week. A bipartisan U.S. Senate delegation led by Senator Steve Daines is already in Beijing urging de-escalation and Boeing aircraft purchases. Both Washington and Taipei say U.S.
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U.S. President Donald Trump visits Beijing next week. Tsai Ming-yen said the United States has continuously reaffirmed through both public and private channels that its Taiwan policy has not changed.
He added that the key focus of Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was likely to be management of their issues, not fundamental problem-solving. "As for the Taiwan issue, I believe the Chinese communists may attempt some maneuvering during the talks," Tsai said.
U.S. That are difficult to resolve in the short term. "Our assessment of the overall US-China situation is that it will likely present what might be described as a fragile stability," he added.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week that Taiwan is likely to be a topic of conversation between Trump and Xi. Marco Rubio said both countries understand it is in neither of their interests to see any destabilizing events occur with regards to Taiwan. A delegation of United States senators is visiting Beijing ahead of Trump's visit.
U.S. senators in Beijing. " He said he hopes the leaders' meeting would result in Boeing jet orders. "It's been about nine years since there was a purchase made of Boeing aircraft here," Senator Steve Daines said, according to a media pool report.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory. The United States is Taiwan's most important international backer and is bound by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself, despite a lack of formal diplomatic ties.
