Taiwan 'first red line', should not be crossed, Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden

No imminent attempt by China to invade Taiwan: Biden

Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden during their first in-person meeting since 2017 that the Taiwan question was the “very core of China’s core interests” and the “first red line” in bilateral ties that must not be crossed.

At a meeting held on the Indonesian island of Bali, the first between the two leaders, Xi urged the US leader to translate US commitments made to Beijing regarding Taiwan into concrete actions.

Biden objected to China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” toward Taiwan and raised human rights concerns about Beijing’s conduct in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong “The Taiwan question