Xi Jinping Presses Taiwan Claim to Trump, Prompting Taipei Rejection

Taiwan Premier, Cho Jung-tai, has said that a return to China is not an option for the island’s twenty-three million people, after Chinese President, Xi Jinping, pressed his country’s sovereignty claims in a call with United States President, Donald Trump.

Xi earlier told Donald Trump, that Taiwan’s return to China at the end of World War Two was a key part of Beijing’s vision for the world order.

However, Taiwan’s democratically elected government strongly rejects China’s stance. Likewise, China offered Taiwan a one country, two systems model, but has also been rejected by President Lai Ching-te.