{"id":9084,"date":"2026-05-11T02:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9084"},"modified":"2026-05-11T02:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:37:12","slug":"taiwan-to-be-key-issue-at-trumps-high-stakes-summit-with-chinese-president-xi-jinping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9084","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan to be key issue at Trump&#8217;s high-stakes summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>When President Trump arrives in Beijing aboard Air Force One for a <span class=\"link\">high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping<\/span>, the top issue on the Chinese leader&#8217;s mind won&#8217;t be the global impacts from the Iran war and bottlenecked Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Xi will be <span class=\"link\">focused on Taiwan<\/span>, the tiny island democracy in the western Pacific Ocean that China claims as its own.<\/p>\n<p>Ownership of the island is the top issue in the U.S.-Chinese relationship. The U.S. has maintained a policy of &#8220;strategic ambiguity towards&#8221; Taiwan for decades, refusing to state whether or not it would intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan. At the same time, the U.S. has sold more than $50 billion worth of arms to Taiwan for its national defense, allowing it to build asymmetric capabilities against China.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year the U.S. approved a record $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, which angered the Chinese. However, an even larger package worth $14 billion package is on Mr. Trump&#8217;s desk awaiting approval. Mr. Trump said he would discuss that package with Xi, a concession no other U.S. president has ever made and a violation of former president Ronald Reagan&#8217;s 1982 commitments to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump&#8217;s comments have raised the temperature in Taipei, with officials concerned that Mr. Trump could potentially sell Taiwan out to Xi. China wants Mr. Trump to change the U.S. government&#8217;s official language on Taiwan from saying that it &#8220;does not support&#8221; the island&#8217;s independence to saying that America &#8220;opposes&#8221; Taiwanese independence. While it may sound like a semantic issue, the tweaking of the diplomatic language could be consequential for Taiwan&#8217;s inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s deputy foreign minister Chen Ming-chi told CBS News in a wide-ranging interview that he is not worried about the U.S. abandoning Taiwan, calling the country a &#8220;dependable ally&#8221; and pointing out that there are mutual benefits from the U.S.-Taiwanese partnership. Taiwan plays a key role in geopolitics and the <span class=\"link\">global supply chain<\/span>. The territory produces 90% of the world&#8217;s high-end semiconductors used for AI and defense technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. can count on us as much as we can count on the U.S.,&#8221; Chen said. &#8220;Do we believe in the U.S. commitment? Yes. They are our reliable partner. Probably the most reliable partner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Xi has said that reunification of Taiwan with mainland China is &#8220;unstoppable.&#8221; China has proposed &#8220;one party, two systems&#8221; for Taiwan, the same model it uses in <span class=\"link\">Hong Kong<\/span> and Macau. Xi has also not ruled out <span class=\"link\">taking the island territory by force<\/span>. However, Xi may not have to take such extreme measures if China is able to get long-sought after concessions from the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Chen noted that China <span class=\"link\">has become aggressive<\/span> in the South China Sea and East China Sea, highlighting the country&#8217;s escalating military buildup and daily military exercises. Xi previously to his military to be prepared to take action in Taiwan in 2027, but a March U.S. intelligence report on global threats found that China would now not invade in the next year. Institute For National Defence and Security Research military analyst Dr. Liang-Chih Evans Chen said that <span class=\"link\">recent wide-scale purges of China&#8217;s military command<\/span> likely put Xi behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won&#8217;t face the problem of the situation now, but we might face the problem in a few years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I believe the threat remains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chen, the deputy foreign minister, said that an overwhelming percentage of the Taiwanese population would never accept reunification. He said the public wants peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since democratization we have enjoyed the freedom of speech, of democracy, a diversified society,&#8221; Chen said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been through an authoritarian past. We see democracy is something we achieved. Taiwanese people cherish that very much. Se we will never accept the one country, two systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chen said that the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s brutal crackdown on mass democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019 showed the group&#8217;s true colors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened in Hong Kong was not particularly convincing to Taiwanese people,&#8221; Chen said. &#8220;Those people who want to speak up got brutally repressed. 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