China keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics stories from Thursday, 14 May at a glance
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing.
Xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations”.

The bigger issue here is china’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing. That changes the calculation.
Reading that china keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics — hard to argue with the logic there.
Think about it: china keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics. That speaks volumes.
Reading that xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations” — hard to argue with the logic there.
So the bottom line is china keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics. Wonder how this will land.
When you look at china’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing, the implications are hard to ignore.
The fact that xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations” really puts things into perspective.
In other words china keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics. Curious to see how this develops.
Basically xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations”. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Think about it: china’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing. That speaks volumes.
When you look at china keen to put Taiwan at the top of agenda that risks being overshadowed by US-Israel war on Iran and disagreements over trade – key US politics, the implications are hard to ignore.
The bigger issue here is xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations”. That changes the calculation.
On one hand china’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing. But at the same time xi’s remarks, published by China’s foreign ministry after his two-hour meeting with Trump on Thursday morning, said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations”.
In other words china’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing. Curious to see how this develops.
Reading that china’s president, Xi Jinping, has warned of “clashes and even conflicts” with the US over Taiwan after meeting Donald Trump in Beijing — hard to argue with the logic there.