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”.
No military solution has ever brought lasting peace to this region.
Reconstruction efforts need to start long before the last shot is fired.
This isn’t a conflict that can be solved through military means alone.
The arms trade keeps fuelling conflicts like this across the globe.
Diplomatic channels appear to be completely exhausted at this stage.