President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call to discuss Taiwan, artificial intelligence and other issues, the White House says.
President Biden held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since July 2022 on Tuesday, the White House announced. The White House has yet to offer details about the call, but Biden and Xi were expected to discuss Taiwan, narcotics, artificial intelligence, and China's support for Russia against Ukraine. The White House described the conversation as merely a 'check-in' between the two leaders.
Biden last spoke with Xi in person in November, their first public interaction since Biden took to referring to Xi as a 'dictator' in June of last year. Biden used the term after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy craft on the East Coast after allowing it to traverse the continental U.S. Biden again referred to Xi as a dictator in November last year as conversation around Taiwan heated up. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying issued a blunt warning at the time about America's friendly relations with Taiwan, referring to the 'Taiwan question' as 'the most important and most sensitive issue in China-U.S. relations.' TAIWAN ELECTION: RULING PARTY CANDIDATE WINS TIGHTLY CONTESTED PRESIDENTIAL RACE, UPSETTING CHINA'S AMBITIONS 'The U.S.
Biden has stated repeatedly in the past that the U.S. would intervene if China were to invade Taiwan, but the White House has walked back that statement each time.
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