President Biden reaffirmed America's commitment to the One China policy and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping warned against crossing the ‘red line’ of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, as the two leaders held virtual talks
was described by both sides as frank and direct as the two sides tried to lower the temperature and avoid conflict.
Xi, who has not left his country since COVID-19 spread worldwide from the central Chinese city of Wuhan nearly two years ago, compared the two countries to "two giant ships sailing in the sea" that needed to be steadied so they didn't collide, Chinese state media reported. China is lagging in a commitment to buy $200 billion more in U.S. goods and services, but Xi told Biden that it was important to avoid politicizing the issue.The contentious issue of whether the United States will send White House envoys to the Beijing Winter Olympics in February did not come up, the U.S. official said.A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, at a restaurant in Beijing, China November 16, 2021.
"China is patient and seeks peaceful reunification with great sincerity and effort, but if Taiwan secessionists provoke, or even cross the red line, we will have to take decisive measures," he said. Beijing objects to Washington's efforts to carve out more space for Taiwan in the international system, and recent comments by Biden that the United States would defend Taiwan in certain cases also inflamed tensions.
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