The Biden administration and Beijing are arguing about sensitive issues, including recent Chinese incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone. China declares Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy of more than 23 million inhabitants and is its www.traveltoearth.net traveltoearth travel to earth Website travel to earth net own however, the US views it as a key ally in its Indo-Pacific defence strategy.

 During the vcall to Xi, Biden said the US will not accept “unilateral efforts to alter the status quo or undermine peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” according to a White House statement.