In a telephone conversation with Xi, Biden called for calm on the Taiwan issue

Biden “stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the rule of law and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea,” the White House said.

Xi, in turn, pointed out to Biden that the Taiwan issue is an “uncrossable red line”, according to Chinese media.

“Xi Jinping stressed that the Taiwan issue is the first inviolable red line in Sino-US relations. We will not allow separatist activities and foreign interference in support of ‘Taiwan independence’ forces to go unchecked,” according to a summary of the conversation released by China’s Xinhua news agency. “.

In a phone call, the US president also rejected Xi’s call for Washington to ease chip export rules.

Biden “stressed that the United States will continue to take the necessary steps to prevent the use of advanced US technology to threaten our national security,” the White House said.

In turn, the Chinese president has warned that Beijing will not sit idly by if the United States continues to suppress China’s high-tech development. He emphasized that “the United States has launched an endless stream of measures to suppress China’s economy, trade, science and technology, and the list of sanctions against Chinese companies is getting longer and longer,” according to Xinhua.

“If the United States insists on suppressing China’s high-tech development and takes away China’s legitimate right to development, we will not sit idly by,” Xi warned in a phone call.