Chinese Media: 'Suppressing' Taiwan on Top of Biden-Xi Meeting Agenda

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The Global Times , a Chinese government propaganda outlet, declared the top goal of dictator Xi Jinping's upcoming discussion with President Joe Biden on Monday night 'suppressing 'Taiwan secession.’" The Communist Party of China calls the recognition of the reality that Taiwan is a free, democratic state "secession," despite never in its history having control of the island. Taiwan functions as a fully independent, sovereign country, but Beijing insists it is a rogue "province" and browbeats other countries, including the United States, into failing to respect its status. Xi and Biden scheduled a video meeting for Tuesday morning Beijing time,…