Trump says he will discuss Taiwan arms sales and jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai with Xi

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US president Donald Trump has said he will 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. “I’m ?going to have that discussion with president Xi,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday when asked about Washington’s long-standing support for Taiwan’s defence. “President Xi would like us not to, and I’ll have that discussion. That’s one of the many things I’ll be talking about.” China claims the democratically governed island as its own, a contention Taiwan rejects. Washington follows a “one-China…

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