Chinese President Xi Jinping has suddenly warned US President Donald\nTrump. Quoted from AFP on Friday (15\/5\/2026), Xi warned Trump not to\ninterfere in Taiwan matters, stating that a wrong move could push the\ntwo countries into \u201cconflict\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaiwan is the most important issue in China-US relations,\u201d said Xi,\naccording to a statement published by Chinese state media shortly after\nthe leaders\u2019 meeting on Thursday in Beijing, which lasted two hours and\n15 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf handled incorrectly, the two countries could clash or even\nconflict, pushing the entire China-US relationship into a very dangerous\nsituation,\u201d Xi added.<\/p>\n
Trump actually arrived in China with praise for his host. Trump\ncalled Xi a \u201cgreat leader\u201d and \u201cfriend\u201d while extending an invitation to\nvisit the White House in September.<\/p>\n
However, Xi himself stressed to Trump that the two countries \u201cmust be\npartners and not rivals\u201d. He also immediately highlighted the Taiwan\nissue, which Beijing claims as its territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan China and the United States overcome what is called the\n\u2018Thucydides Trap\u2019 and form a new paradigm for great power relations?\u201d Xi\nasked, referring to the theory proposed by Harvard scholar Graham\nAllison, which describes the tendency towards war when a rising power is\nseen as threatening to displace an established one and calls for a \u201cnew\nparadigm for relations between major countries\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAchieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making\nAmerica great again can go hand in hand\u2026 and advance the well-being of\nthe entire world,\u201d said Xi, referring to Trump\u2019s MAGA movement.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Adam Ni, editor of the China Neican bulletin, described Xi\nJinping\u2019s \u201cblunt language\u201d as \u201cunusual coming from the leader himself\u201d.\nAnalyst Chong Ja Ian from the National University of Singapore said\nChina is \u201csignalling a desire to compromise with the US on Taiwan\u201d while\n\u201cshowing that they see some opportunities to persuade Trump\u201d.<\/p>\n
Trump himself did not comment to reporters on Taiwan on Thursday.\nHowever, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC International\nthat the President would say more \u201cin the coming days\u201d.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that Trump\u2019s visit to Beijing is the first by a US\nPresident in nearly a decade, with a grand welcome. Xi Jinping welcomed\nTrump with a red carpet at the luxurious Great Hall of the People,\naccompanied by military music, a 21-gun salute, and a group of\nschoolchildren jumping and shouting \u201cwelcome!\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Taiwan responded with cabinet spokesperson Michelle Lee\nclaiming that \u201cChina\u2019s military threats are the sole source of\ninsecurity in the Taiwan Strait and the broader Indo-Pacific region\u201d.\nThe US actually recognises the One China policy, but has maintained\nstrong ties with the Taiwanese government, having approved arms sales\nworth tens of billions of dollars over decades, including US$11 billion\nin December.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/xi-jinping-warns-trump-in-china-whats-going-on-1778799111", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }