China\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday urged the US to maintain \u201cstability\u201d between the two powers and warned that Taiwan posed the biggest risk, weeks ahead of President Donald Trump\u2019s scheduled visit to Beijing.<\/p>\n
In a call with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio<\/a>, foreign minister Wang Yi said that Beijing and Washington should \u201csafeguard the hard-won stability\u201d in China-US relations, China\u2019s foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n The talks also discussed the Middle East, where China has been a key partner of Tehran but has largely kept its distance<\/a> after Trump joined Israel in attacking Iran, sending global oil prices spiralling.<\/p>\n A state department official confirmed the phone call and said it was to arrange Trump\u2019s trip but did not give further details.<\/p>\n Trump is scheduled to visit China on 14-15 May<\/a> to see President Xi Jinping \u2013 his first trip to the rival power since returning to the White House in January 2025.<\/p>\n During Trump\u2019s first year back in office, Washington and Beijing clashed over trade and tariffs until a truce was declared in October, when Trump and Xi met in South Korea.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth sides should safeguard the hard-won stability, prepare well for key high-level interactions, expand areas of cooperation\u201d and manage their differences, Wang told Rubio, according to a readout from the Chinese foreign ministry.<\/p>\n While ties have \u201cgenerally remained stable\u201d under Trump and Xi, Wang \u201cemphasised that the Taiwan<\/a> issue concerns China\u2019s core interests and is the biggest risk point in China-US relations\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory<\/a> awaiting reunification and is sharply critical of US military assistance<\/a> to the self-ruled island and its support of Taipei on the international stage.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States must honour its commitments and make the right choices, opening new perspectives for bilateral cooperation and do its part to promote world peace,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n The statement from the Chinese ministry said Wang and Rubio had \u201cexchanged views\u201d on the situation in the Middle East, without offering further details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday urged the US to maintain \u201cstability\u201d between the two powers and warned that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-616485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}