Biden says after Xi meeting he doesn’t believe there is ‘imminent attempt’ from China to invade Taiwan

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Biden says after Xi meeting he doesn’t believe there is ‘imminent attempt’ from China to invade TaiwanBiden, Chinese President Xi Jinping met in-person in Bali, IndonesiaPresident Biden told reporters Monday following his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he does "not think there's any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan."Biden made the remark when asked about whether a new Cold War with China could be avoided and the possibility of Beijing invading Taiwan, which it claims sovereignty over.BIDEN MEETS CHINA’S XI JINPING AT G-20 SUMMIT IN INDONESIA, RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TAIWAN, HONG KONG, PUTINBiden said after leaving the meeting that he was "convinced that [Xi] understood exactly what I was saying and that he understands "what he was saying."The White House, in a readout of the meeting released prior to Biden’s comments, said Biden "raised concerns about the People’s Republic of China practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and human rights more broadly."He raised U.S. objections to the PRC’s coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan, which undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the broader region, and jeopardize global prosperity.""

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