{"id":1576790,"date":"2022-07-28T14:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576790"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:03:22","slug":"xi-to-biden-us-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-to-biden-us-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi to Biden: US \u2018Playing with Fire\u2019 on Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fxi-to-biden-us-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576790&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese Communist Party (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ccp\">CCP<\/a>) General Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-xi\">Xi<\/a> Jinping July 28. The call was the fifth of its kind between Biden and Xi, and lasted well over two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The call came amid a myriad of tensions which have caused Sino-American relations to fall to their lowest point in decades. Despite a decreasing willingness by the CCP to negotiate on most issues, the White House said that it was important to keep the lines of communication open between the two powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President wants to make sure that the lines of communication with President Xi remain open, because they need to,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/07\/27\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-4\/\">said<\/a> White House national security spokesperson John Kirby. \u201cThere\u2019s issues where we can cooperate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> on, and then there\u2019s issues where, obviously, there\u2019s friction and tension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world today, with ramifications well beyond both individual countries. The President clearly understands that, and we\u2019re going to continue to work on that relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chinese state-owned media <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinaview.cn\/20220729\/932656d6a54949869acf83871c16ef91\/c.html\">said<\/a> that the exchange was a \u201ccandid and in-depth,\u201d and that the two leaders promised to stay in communication.<\/p>\n<p>Xi reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.people.com.cn\/n1\/2022\/0729\/c1024-32488547.html\">told<\/a> Biden that it was the duty of \u201cthe two major powers\u201d to manage global security and urged Biden not to view the CCP through the lens of \u201cstrategic competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is currently contending with the need to adequately address China\u2019s status as a rising power while simultaneously mitigating the regime\u2019s increasingly hostile behavior.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Xi\u2019s conversation with Biden focused heavily on Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying with fire will set you on fire,\u201d Xi told Biden. \u201cI hope the U.S. can see this clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CCP maintains that Taiwan is a breakaway province of China. Xi has vowed to unite the island with the mainland, and has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden held a phone call with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping July 28. The call was the fifth of its kind between Biden and Xi, and lasted well over two hours. 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