Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that, regarding the Taiwan issue, in an emergency U.S.-China relations could be driven into a very dangerous situation.
According to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency, Xi said at the U.S.-China summit held on the morning of the 14th at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing that "the Taiwan issue is the most important matter in U.S.-China relations."
Xi said, "If the Taiwan issue is handled well, relations between the two countries can remain generally stable, but if it is not handled well, the two countries will move to confrontation and even conflict, pushing overall China-U.S. relations into a very dangerous situation."
Xi said, "Taiwan independence and peace in the Taiwan Strait are like water and fire, unable to coexist," adding, "Maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is the most important common denominator in U.S.-China relations."