Xi warns Biden against ‘playing with fire’ in Taiwan

President Joe Biden and Chinese Mitra XI Jinping held a “Candid” telephone talks on Thursday, with XI warning US leaders not to “play with fire” in Taiwan, according to Chinese government media.

The virtual summit that lasts for more than two hours occurs when Beijing and Washington are increasingly at risk of open conflicts on the island that underestimated themselves, which were considered part of their territory.

Those who play with the fire will eventually burn,” Xi was quoted as telling Biden in connection with Taiwan, according to the Xinhua news agency managed by the government-using the same language he had employed when they spoke last November.

The position of the Chinese government and people about consistent Taiwan problems,” “Xi said as quoted. “This is a company that will be more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to firmly protect national sovereignty and Chinese territorial integrity.”

While this is the fifth discussion of Biden with XI since becoming president one and a half years ago, it is increasingly difficult to cover up the deeper distrust between the two countries in the middle of the trade war and tension over Taiwan.

The latest flashpoint is the possibility of a journey by Biden Ally and speakers of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to the island, which has a different democratic government.

Spokesman for the White House Security Council John Kirby said “Tensions about aggressive coercive behavior in China in Indo-Pacific” will be a high agenda-using the term US administration for the Asia-Pacific region.

Although US officials often visit Taiwan, separated by a narrow water part from mainland China, Beijing considers the pelSi journey as the main provocation. He was second for the US presidency and gave his position to be able to travel by military transportation.