He also revealed plans to visit China in April and described maintaining a “good relationship” with Xi Jinping. According to Chinese state media Xinhua, Xi Jinping emphasized during his phone conversation with Trump on February 4 that the Taiwan issue is the most important problem in Sino-US relations.
Taiwan is part of China’s territory, and the Chinese side must defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity; it will never allow Taiwan to break away. “The US must handle arms sales to Taiwan very cautiously.”
Furthermore, on Monday (January 16), Taiwan Legislative Yuan Speaker Han Kuo-yu and Deputy Speaker Johnny Chiang jointly stated that after the legislative session begins, the defense supplementary budget will be given top priority for review.
Today (January 17), Taiwan’s leader, William Lai, also expressed his hope that after the legislative session starts, the defense supplementary budget and the national budget will be passed as soon as possible.
Last December, the United States approved arms sales to Taiwan with a total value of about 11 billion dollars. Subsequently, China conducted large-scale live-fire military exercises around the Taiwan Strait.
