Tensions between the United States have been on the rise and on Monday night President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met virtually to tamp down tensions.
Tensions between the United States have been on the rise and on Monday night President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met virtually to tamp down tensions.
Context: Major issues of discussion were Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, human rights, climate change, and maybe the most important, Taiwan.
No major resolutions came from the more than three-hour discussion and the White House has worked hard to limit expectations.
Why is this important: China has ramped up its posture against Taiwan and President Biden could face a hot war during his time in office.
During the meeting, Biden reassured Xi that the United States remained committed to the ‘one-China policy’ but did not want to see the status quo with Taiwan interrupted.
Chinese state media made it a point to state that the U.S was not in support of independence for Taiwan.
What people are saying:
Xi threatened Biden during the meeting warning that the United States “will get burned” if it assisted Taiwan
Biden did not push back.
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