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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Trump ‘hopes’ Xi doesn’t attack Taiwan after US raid on Venezuela

Donald Trump has suggested the future of Taiwan is “up to” China’s leader Xi Jinping, appearing to defer to Beijing as he sought to distinguish the issue from Washington’s attack on Venezuela.

The U.S. president told the New York Times he would be "very unhappy" if Chinese leader Xi Jinping moved to seize control of the self-governed island through military action.

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