Reuters The US and Chinese leaders have cautioned each other over Taiwan during a phone call that lasted more than two hours.
President Joe Biden told his Chinese language counterpart, Xi Jinping, that the US highly opposed any unilateral moves to change the island’s status.
But this individual added that ALL OF US policy on Taiwan had not changed.
Beijing said Mr Xi had informed Mr Biden in order to abide by the one-China principle, warning him that “whoever plays with fire will get burnt”.
The Chinese leader has used similar rhetoric on Taiwan in the past – this past year he said encouraging Taiwanese independence will be “playing with fire”.
Tensions over the issue have increased in front of a rumoured policy for US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan.
The state department states Ms Pelosi have not announced any vacation, but China has warned of “serious consequences” if Ms Pelosi were to move forward with such a check out.
Last week, Mr Biden told reporters “the military thinks a possibility a good idea”, yet his White Home has called Chinese language rhetoric against such trip “clearly unhelpful and not necessary”.
Ms Pelosi, who is next in line to the presidency after the vice-president, will be the highest-ranking US politician to travel to Taiwan considering that 1997.
China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that must be a part of the country – and has not eliminated the possible use of force to achieve this.
The White House declared that apart from Taiwan, both leaders also talked about a range of other problems, including climate change and health security.
