# Xi Presses Trump to ‘Oppose’ Taiwan Independence During Summit

https://mins.news/en/item/73521

- Bloomberg News, 2026-09-25 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-24/xi-presses-trump-to-oppose-taiwan-independence-during-summit?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab61bfd29ff15000114f951

> Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged the US to explicitly “oppose” Taiwan independence, his first public call for Donald Trump to alter Washington’s decades-old position on the self-ruled island.

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