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White House jokes that Trump could sell weapons to China and Taiwan at the same time
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The unusual offer came amid tensions over a paused $14 billion Taiwan arms package and Beijing’s push for Washington to stop the sales
When a reporter asked the US president if he offered to sell military hardware to Xi Jinping, as his ambassador claimed, he replied: “I never heard of that one.”
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) discuss arms sales to Taiwan every time they get together but the US stance on Taiwan remains unchanged following the Chinese leader’s state visit to Washington last week, the US president’s top envoy to Beijing said. “We don’t support