Xi told Biden Taiwan is the biggest, most dangerous issue in bilateral ties

During their four-hour discussion on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Taiwan was the most significant and most hazardous problem in U.S.-China relations, according to a senior official from the United States who spoke to reporters after the meeting.

The official reported that Xi stated that China’s desire was for peaceful “reunification” with the island of Taiwan, which China claims as its own, but that Xi went on to discuss situations under which force may be employed.

Xi was attempting to signal that China was not planning for a significant invasion of Taiwan. Still, according to the official, this does not affect how the United States intends to proceed.

About President Xi’s comments on Taiwan, a senior official from the United States told reporters, “President Xi… emphasized that this was the biggest, most potentially dangerous issue in U.S.-China relations, laid out clearly that, you know, their preference was for peaceful reunification, but then moved immediately to conditions that the potential use of force could be utilized.” This was in response to Xi’s statement that the issue was the most potentially dangerous one.

In his response, Vice President Biden assured Xi that the United States remained resolute in preserving peace in the area.

“President Biden responded very clearly that the long-standing position of the United States was … determination to maintain peace and stability,” according to the representative.

“President Xi responded: look, peace is … all well and good but at some point we need to move towards resolution more generally,” according to the representative.

China’s policy toward Taiwan has always consisted of both a promise to strive for the peaceful “reunification” of the two sides and an implicit threat to use force if such securities are not kept. Over the past year and a half, China has conducted two major military drills on and around the island.

In response to the meeting between Vice President Biden and President Xi of China, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the government has never attempted to forecast when or how China could strike but instead focuses on strengthening its defenses and gaining support from the international community.

This is to “let China understand the high importance the international community attaches to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, the high price of starting a war, and to not act blindly without thinking,” the ministry spokesperson Jeff Liu said in Taipei. “This is to let China understand the high importance the international community attaches to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”

According to Liu had to say, Taiwan would not offend nor “advance rashly,” but it would not cave into pressure.

On Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time in over a year to discuss ways to reduce tensions between the world’s two most powerful nations in military conflicts, drug trafficking, and artificial intelligence. They said that they had made “real progress” during their conversation.

Despite strong opposition from the Taipei administration, which asserts that only the people of the island can decide their destiny, China has ramped up its military activities in an attempt to coerce democratic Taiwan into accepting Beijing’s sovereignty. A democratic government rules Taiwan.

According to senior United States military personnel, Xi has ordered the People’s Liberation Army to begin preparations for an invasion of Taiwan by the year 2027. Although Beijing has never disclosed any specific information on its preparations for war, it has not ruled out the possibility of employing military might to seize control of the island.