Xi Draws Red Line On Taiwan In Trump Meeting, Warns Of Conflict If Issue Is Mishandled

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their high-stakes summit in Beijing on Wednesday with optimistic remarks about future relations between the two countries.

Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament last week approved only two-thirds of a $40 billion special defence budget that President Lai Ching-te had requested, funding U.S. arms purchases but ​cutting domestic programmes like drones.

But Mr. Xi’s warning was a stark reminder that the self-governing island, which is claimed by China, is a red line for Beijing.

Xi’s Taiwan Remarks Echo Past Warnings to U.S. Presidents