00:00U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet face-to-face this week in
00:06Beijing.
00:07Ahead of the highly anticipated visit, China is making clear what its priorities are.
00:13On Monday, China's foreign ministry released this video.
00:17The Earth is too small for China and the U.S. to turn against and confront each other.
00:22And the Pacific Ocean is vast enough for both to prosper in their own ways.
00:26China and the U.S. must coexist peacefully on this planet for all time to come.
00:32A ready and open China is right here.
00:34It is now for the U.S. to choose the right course.
00:38And on Tuesday, Chinese state media published an article emphasizing that meetings like this can be a place to discuss
00:44bottom lines.
00:46And China's bottom line is Taiwan.
00:49It said Taiwan lies at the core of China's interests, is a red line in U.S.-China relations,
00:54and is also the greatest risk to those relations.
00:58Xi and Trump are widely expected to discuss Taiwan when they meet.
01:04China sees Taiwan as its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of it.
01:09The U.S. is Taiwan's most important defense backer and is bound by law to provide it with the means
01:15to defend itself.
01:16China reportedly wants the U.S. to change its language regarding Taiwan independence from not supporting to explicitly opposing
01:25and may also bring up its opposition to U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
01:30But U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested Washington's position on Taiwan remains unchanged
01:36and said the U.S. wants cross-strait stability.
01:40Taiwanese officials have also said ahead of the meeting that Taiwan-U.S. ties are stable.
01:46But they've also made it clear that they hope not to see any surprises.
01:50And some analysts say there likely won't be.
01:53If the President Rubio's 국룡국검的说法按照那个逻辑来讲话,那么川普总统基本上应该还是会强调美国的一个中国政策以及这个山公报台湾关系法等等等等。所以基本上我觉得从目前来看的话
02:12,我觉得对台湾影响看起来是不大。
02:13Despite reassurances from officials in both Washington and Taipei about no change in policy,
02:20some people in Taipei are still watching closely for any shift in tone.
02:59Taiwan remains a sensitive point in U.S.-China relations,
03:03and the discussions in Beijing this week may set the tone for how far both sides can go in future
03:09talks.
03:10Ryan Wu, Lily Lamatina, and Keynes Quaranta for Taiwan Plus.
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