Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of more weapons for the self-governing island.

CNN’s Will Ripley speaks with Taiwan opposition chair Cheng Li-wun, who warns Taiwan must avoid “becoming the next Ukraine” and argues dialogue can prevent war as Taiwan’s defense budget is slashed and Chinese military pressure mounting.

U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump ⁠said on Monday ⁠that he would discuss the topic of arms ​sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this ‌week. "I'm going to have that ‌discussion with President Xi,

President Donald Trump said he will discuss US arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a meeting this week, a move that risks undermining America’s longstanding support for the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would discuss the topic of arms sales to Taiwan and the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy ‌Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week.

The Trump administration has held up the sale for months ahead of President Trump’s meeting this week with President Xi Jinping of China.

Trump said Monday that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and the imprisonment of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai would be among the issues at the summit in Beijing.

A bipartisan group of senators asked President Donald Trump to announce the sale of new weapons to Taiwan, marking a public flash of frustration ahead of his visit to China this week. In a letter, eight senators — six Democrats and two Republicans — urged the president to notify Congress of $14 billion in planned