Xi Presses Trump For Taiwan Policy Shift As $14 Billion Weapons Deal Hangs In Limbo Following our earlier coverage of Barclays senior China economist Yingke Zhou’s view that Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s state visit delivered “more signaling, less substance,” attention turns to Taiwan, where Xi pressed President Donald Trump to oppose Taiwan independence. According to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, Xi urged Trump to “adhere to the correct position of opposing Taiwan independence.” The conversation took place at Thursday’s White House summit. For years, Washington has held the stance that it “doesn’t support” the independence of Taiwan, the island Xi… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
