Financial Times: Speaking at the White House arrival ceremony, Xi said the countries should “coexist in peace” as he prepared to hold talks with Trump that were expected to include discussion about US and Chinese policy towards Taiwan.
“China and the United States . . . stand to gain from co-operation and will both lose in confrontation,” Xi said. “Our competition should be a healthy one, and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which one either wins or loses.”…
Trump Administration Presses China on Suspected Nuclear Tests in Confidential Talks
The Trump administration has been quietly holding talks with China about its rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal amid doubts over Beijing’s compliance with a 30-year test ban, U.S. officials said.
The discussions have occurred on the sidelines of multilateral meetings in Geneva, New York and Casablanca, Morocco, where the U.S. has been pressing China to address allegations it has secretly conducted very low-level nuclear tests…
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