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President Donald Trump described talks with Xi Jinping as “great”, after a nearly two-hour long high-stakes meeting in Beijing
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But he didn’t say if they talked about Taiwan. The self-governed island claimed by Beijing is a major source of tension, alongside tariffs, competition over tech and the Iran war
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Soon after talks began, Chinese state media released comments by Xi that warned of potential “conflict” with the US over Taiwan
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Trump was given a grand welcome at the Great Hall of the People, where Xi called for the two sides to be “partners, not rivals” and Trump described Xi as a “great leader”
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Trump is joined in Beijing by tech bosses, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang
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Trump, who was the last US president to visit in 2017, returns to a stronger, more assertive China which is keen to portray itself as a stable global power, our China correspondent writes
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
