""He has openly said, and his people have openly said at meetings, 'We would never do anything while President Trump is president,' because they know the consequences," Trump said in an excerpt of an interview with the CBS' program "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday."
""You'll find out if it happens, and he understands the answer to that," Trump said of Xi."
"Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, did not respond directly to a query about whether Trump has received any assurances from Xi or Chinese officials about Taiwan. He insisted in a statement that China "will never allow any person or force to separate Taiwan from China in any way"
Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly gave assurances that Beijing would take no action toward unifying Taiwan while President Trump holds office. Talks in South Korea largely focused on U.S.-China trade tensions and did not raise Taiwan. U.S. officials remain concerned about the possibility of China using military force against self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act does not require automatic U.S. military intervention but makes U.S. policy to ensure Taiwan can defend itself and to prevent unilateral change of status by Beijing. The United States maintains strategic ambiguity about defending Taiwan, and a Chinese embassy spokesman reiterated that China will never allow Taiwan to separate from China.
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