According to China's state-run CCTV, the chairman said in a closed-door meeting that day, "The Taiwan issue is the most important issue in China-US relations," and "If this issue is handled well, the bilateral relationship can maintain overall stability, but if handled poorly, the two countries will clash or collide, and China-US relations could be pushed into a very dangerous situation." He continued, "'Taiwan independence' and 'peace in the Taiwan Strait' cannot coexist like water and fire," and "protecting peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is the greatest common denominator of both China and the US." This is interpreted as pressure that the US should not send wrong signals to Taiwan independence forces.
Earlier, China expressed its opposition to weapons deals between the US and Taiwan just hours before President Trump's visit to China. A spokesperson for China's State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said on the 13th, "The US must stop selling weapons to Taiwan and should not send wrong signals to separatist forces advocating Taiwan independence."
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