BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US President Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers. China’s foreign ministry said the call touched on other issues like Ukraine, but Taiwan featured prominently with China embroiled in a weeks-long diplomatic row with key US ally Japan over the self-governing island.

BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US President Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone, discussing the Russia-Ukraine war and the status of Taiwan.