WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, July 28, warned US President Joe Biden against “playing with fire” over Taiwan, as Beijing’s concerns mounted over a possible visit to the Chinese-claimed island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Quoting Chinese state media, Reuter said Xi told Biden in their fifth call as leaders that the United States should abide by the “one-China principle” and stressed that China firmly opposed Taiwanese independence and interference of external forces. Beijing has issued escalating warnings about repercussions should Pelosi — a Democrat like Biden — visit Taiwan, which says it is facing increasing Chinese military and economic threats. A visit by the House Speaker would be a dramatic, though not unprecedented, show of US support for the island.
“Those who play with fire will only get burnt,” Chinese state media quoted Xi as telling Biden. “(We) hope the US side can see this clearly.” China has given few clues to specific responses it might make if Pelosi, a longtime critic of Beijing, particularly on human rights issues, makes the trip. The Presidents’ call lasted over two hours. US officials had said it would have a broad agenda, including discussion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which China has yet to condemn. At its core though, US officials said they saw the exchange as another chance to manage competition between the world’s two largest economies, whose ties have been increasingly clouded by tensions over democratically governed Taiwan, which Xi has vowed to reunite with the mainland, by force if necessary. Washington does not have official relations with Taiwan and follows a “one-China policy” that recognizes Beijing, not Taipei, diplomatically. But it is obliged by US law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.
(With inputs from agencies)
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