Chinese President Xi Jinping branded Taiwan reunitifcation the most important issue between the two nations.

Beijing stressed Taiwan is the most important issue while Trump highlights the trade aspects of the bilateral relations.

Taiwan’s relations with the United States are “rock solid,” its president said Thursday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed his country’s territorial claims to the island in a call with President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in a wide-ranging call as the US administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran.

Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but the Chinese president’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the burgeoning economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States in a video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

In a video-link call broadcast on Russian state television, Putin said the Moscow-Beijing relationship was an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turbulence.

Purges are a regular feature of life in the Chinese military, and they have now stretched all the way to the top: Gen. Zhang Youxia, the country’s most senior general, was arrested last week on corruption allegations. That leaves the People’s Liberation Army leadership unsettled and raises questions about Beijing’s designs on Taiwan.