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weapons sale to Taiwan, Trump has said he would talk about it with China's Xi Jinping.
American legislation requires the U.S.
to provide for Taiwan's defense, and that includes selling Taiwan arms.
Trump has also said he'll raise the case of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, as well as an imprisoned Christian pastor in China.
Calling China's Xi Jinping an amazing man, Trump said the meetings with Xi later this week will cover energy prices, the war with Iran, and Taiwan, the democratic island China hopes to control one day.
Asked about a delayed multi-billion dollar U.S.
weapons sale to Taiwan, Trump has said he would talk about it with China's Xi Jinping.
American legislation requires the U.S.
to provide for Taiwan's defense, and that includes selling Taiwan arms.
Trump has also said he'll raise the case of imprisoned Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, as well as an imprisoned Christian pastor in China.
The family of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu says his health condition is dire, and they're asking China to release the editor.
Dong is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence, with Chinese prosecutors arguing during his 2024 trial that his meetings with foreign journalists and Japanese diplomats were evidence of espionage.
Dong's family has always denied these charges, and they say the case is an example of sharply worsening conditions for foreign and domestic press in China.
Dong Sun says his father is forced to work long hours in prison making clothes and that doctors discovered a lung tumor recently.
Taiwan's defense budget is less than the $40 billion which Taiwan's president had hoped for, but it is an increase from years prior and one that China sharply criticized.
This budget approval was held up for months in Taiwan by partisan fighting, but its approval comes just before President Trump will meet with China's leader Xi Jinping.
He's expected to talk about everything from trade to Taiwan, a democratic island that China hopes to control one day.