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This combination of pictures created on November 13, 2024 shows, L-R, Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024 and US President Joe Biden arriving at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2024. Alexander Nemenov and Ting Shen, AFP

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 13, 2024 shows, L-R, Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024 and US President Joe Biden arriving at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2024. - Outgoing US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet on November 16, 2024, at the APEC summit in Peru, in what will likely be their last encounter before Donald Trump returns to the White House, US officials said. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV and Ting Shen / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1731842273420AFP__20241113__36MC96D__v2__Preview__ComboUsChinaApecSummitDiplomacy.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="This combination of pictures created on November 13, 2024 shows, L-R, Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024 and US President Joe Biden arriving at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2024. Alexander Nemenov and Ting Shen, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">This combination of pictures created on November 13, 2024 shows, L-R, Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024 and US President Joe Biden arriving at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2024. <em>Alexander Nemenov and Ting Shen, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>LIMA, Peru -- Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the United States on Saturday not to cross a &quot;red line&quot; in support for Taiwan, but told his counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing was willing to work with the incoming administration of Donald Trump.</p><p>Biden and Xi met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru, two months before Trump takes office and amid concerns of new trade wars and diplomatic upheaval.</p><p>China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has refused to rule out using force to seize it, while the United States is the self-ruled island&#x27;s main security backer even though it does not recognise Taipei diplomatically.</p><p>Xi told Biden that the &quot;Taiwan issue, democracy and human rights, pathways and systems, and development interests are China&#x27;s four red lines that must not be challenged&quot;, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.</p><p>&quot;These are the most important guardrails and safety net for China-US relations,&quot; CCTV reported Xi as saying.</p><p>&quot;The separatist actions of &#x27;Taiwan independence&#x27; are incompatible with peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,&quot; he added.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/11/16/xi-biden-to-meet-as-trump-return-looms-1351">READ: Xi, Biden to meet as Trump return looms</a></div><p>Taiwan&#x27;s foreign ministry said Sunday that &quot;China&#x27;s ongoing military provocations near Taiwan are the root cause of destroying regional peace and stability and the major threat to global economic prosperity&quot;.</p><p>Xi also told Biden that Washington &quot;should not intervene in bilateral disputes... and not condone or support provocative impulses&quot; in the South China Sea, according to CCTV.</p><p>Beijing has this year pressed its sweeping claims in the contested waterway with greater assertiveness, despite increased frictions with regional neighbors and a longstanding international ruling that its claims have no legal basis.</p><p>Xi also said China&#x27;s position on the war in Ukraine was &quot;open and aboveboard&quot;, and that Beijing would not allow tensions on the Korean peninsula to &quot;descend into conflict or chaos&quot;, CCTV reported.</p><p>He announced during a separate meeting that China would host the next APEC summit in 2026.</p><p>State news agency Xinhua said those talks would aim to &quot;unite Asia-Pacific countries to champion open economic and trade cooperation while rejecting protectionist and confrontational trade tactics&quot;.</p><div><strong>- &#x27;Smooth transition&#x27; -</strong></div><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABQdn-10LGsZalss&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><p>But Xi said China would &quot;strive for a smooth transition&quot; in relations with the United States and is ready to work with the incoming Trump government.</p><p>&quot;China is ready to work with the new US administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences, so as to strive for a smooth transition of the China-US relationship,&quot; Xi told Biden through a translator.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/11/17/xi-tells-biden-ready-for-smooth-transition-to-trump-819">READ: Xi tells Biden ready for &#x27;smooth transition&#x27; to Trump</a></div><p>In his first White House term, Trump engaged in a bruising trade war with China, imposing tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese products and drawing retaliation from Beijing.</p><p>He embraced a similar stance on the campaign trail this year.</p><p>Both sides should &quot;keep exploring the right way for the two major countries to get along well with each other,&quot; Xi said.</p><p>Xi warned Saturday that bilateral ties could &quot;encounter twists and turns or even regress&quot; if one side regarded the other as an opponent or enemy, according to the official Xinhua news agency.</p><p>&quot;Major country competition should not be the underlying logic of the times,&quot; Xi added, urging against a &quot;small yard, high fences&quot; approach.</p><p>He added that &quot;a stable China-US relationship is critical&quot; to both parties and the world, noting that Beijing continues to aim for healthy ties.</p><p>But he stressed that Beijing&#x27;s position of &quot;firmly safeguarding its sovereignty, security and development interests has not changed,&quot; according to Xinhua.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the United States on Saturday not to cross a "red line" in support for Taiwan, but told his counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing was willing to work with the incoming administration of Donald Trump.</p>

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the United States on Saturday not to cross a "red line" in support for Taiwan, but told his counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing was willing to work with the incoming administration of Donald Trump.

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Xi tells Biden support for Taiwan a 'red line' in ties

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