He was responding to questions about Trump’s remarks following a summit with Chinese leader XiJinping in Beijing.
“The most important thing that needs to happen is we need to have no change in the status quo in the Taiwan straits,” Greer told ABC.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese leader XiJinping in Washington next month. It is unclear how much these measures will impact U.S.-China relations.
“XiJinping is so thin-skinned—even a picture of Winnie-the-Pooh, he takes offense,” Tozzi said, referring to censored images comparing Xi to Winnie-the-Pooh.
The summit between Chinese leader XiJinping and U.S. President Donald Trump avoided the kinds of tensions that could have raised uncertainties about economic prospects in both countries.
But not all the news has been encouraging.
Taiwan opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun (C) of the Kuomintang speaks at a news conference in Beijing ahead of a meeting with Chinese leader XiJinping on April 10, 2026, while on a six-day visit.
In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump said that Chinese Communist Party leader XiJinping told him during a meeting in May that he “would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
“The United States has realized the problem isn’t just XiJinping—it’s the whole authoritarian system of the CCP,” Wu said. “In that system, all economic gains are eventually captured by elites through political power.
Chinese leader XiJinping arrived in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Aug. 30—his second overseas trip this year—to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2026, according to China's state-run Global Times.
Speaking to reporters on May 15 aboard Air Force One on his return from a state visit to Beijing, Trump said he had discussed Ukraine with Chinese leader XiJinping, saying that it was a conflict that they would "like to see settled."
President Donald Trump is expected to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday, where Iran is anticipated to be one of the key issues discussed with Chinese leader XiJinping.
Reuters contributed to this report.
In May, President Donald Trump met with Chinese leader XiJinping in Beijing, marking the first U.S. presidential visit to China since 2017. Trump returned with agreements to strengthen U.S.
Chinese leader XiJinping has installed a new commander to lead the anti-graft drive in the military, as he seeks to fill key vacancies created by the widening political cleansing ahead of a key Party gathering next year.
Carney announced the agreement after meetings in Beijing, where he and Chinese Communist Party leader XiJinping pledged to improve relations. Trump said today he has no objection to the deal.
President Donald Trump has said Chinese leader XiJinping may give consideration to freeing the jailed pastor, but the case of Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy publisher imprisoned in Hong Kong, is “tougher” for Xi.
John Chen (L) meets with Chinese communist leader XiJinping in Beijing, China, in an undated photo. Chen was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Nov. 19, 2024 for acting as an illegal Chinese agent and bribing IRS against Falun Gong.
Taiwan is reaffirming its resolve to defend itself, as the summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader XiJinping is delayed and speculation grows over whether it could affect U.S. arms sales to the island.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (front row L-R) Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, the CCP's leader XiJinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un
He said he had spoken to Chinese leader XiJinping about the decision and that Xi “responded positively.”
This would be the first time that non-modified versions of Nvidia’s Hopper line of AI chips would be allowed for export to China.
“She was shouting loudly, talking about the government and even mentioning XiJinping, saying society was corrupt and bad,” the witness said. “[It seemed like] an act of revenge against society.”
Trump was in China this week on a state visit, where he met with Chinese leader XiJinping.
Trump told Sean Hannity that Xi had promised not to supply military equipment to Iran.
“He said he’s not going to give military equipment,” he said.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un concluded his visit by holding a summit with Chinese leader XiJinping on Thursday, reaffirming his support for China's interests as he seeks to restore close ties with his country's main economic benefactor.
President Donald Trump and Chinese Communist Party leader XiJinping.
The Treasury chief emphasized that Washington expects Beijing to “fully meet its commitments on rare earths and U.S. agricultural products,” Bessent said in a post on X.
The discussion focuses on Trump’s expected meeting with Chinese leader XiJinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea.
For XiJinping, this is certainly a very serious situation.”
One of the reasons for the former Soviet Union’s collapse was a revolution at the top, Wang said. “There’s no safety in a communist regime.
During his meeting with CCP leader XiJinping in Beijing, Albanese raised the issues of Chinese warships circumnavigating the Australian coast early this year and the imprisonment of the academic Yang Hengjun.
