Xi jinping urges Trump to uphold Post-War Order, Reasserts Claim to Taiwanโ inโข Phone Call
BEIJING โ- In a phone conversation, โChinese President Xi Jinping pressed U.S. President Donald Trump to jointly safeguard the outcomes of World Warโ II and reiterated China’s position thatโข Taiwan’s return to mainland control is integral to the post-war international order. The call took โplace amid heightened regional tensions โsparked by recent statements from Japanese officials regarding potential military โขintervention in the Taiwan Strait.
Xi referenced the positive outcomesโ ofโฃ the leaders’ meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30, stating, “The visionโข of China and the United States supporting each otherโค for success and achieving prosperity together hasโ become a concrete achievable goal,”โ according to a statement released โคby the Chinese ministry of Foreignโข Affairs.
the conversation also covered the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, with Xiโฃ expressing China’s support for all peace efforts and voicing aโ desire for a “fair, permanent and binding peace agreement that would radically solve the problem.”
The call’s timing coincides with escalating diplomatic friction between China and Japanโ following remarksโ by japanese Prime Minister Takaichiโ Sanae on November 7.โค Sanae indicated Japan would consider โmilitary intervention in the Taiwan Strait if it posed an existential threat to the country – a departure from Japan’s โขpreviously maintained policy of “strategic โคuncertainty.” โข
China swiftly responded, summoning Japanese Ambassador to Beijing, โKenji Kanasugi, to the chinese Ministry of Foreignโข Affairs โฃand delivering a formal note ofโ protest. While Sanaeโฃ later clarified his comments as hypothetical and pledged to avoid similar statements in the future,he declined to retract them.
China views Taiwan as a renegade province and has consistently โopposed any external interference in what it considers โคan internal matter. The issue remains a notableโ point โฃof contention โฃin U.S.-China relations.
