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Borrowing a phrase from the White House's own diplomatic playbook, a readout of their conversation said Xi "hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this." ... ( read original story ...)

Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden not to “play with fire” as the Chinese and US presidents spoke for the first time since Beijing was angered by a planned visit to Taiwan by House of Representatives speaker ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing grumbled but swallowed its irritation in 1997 when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich of the U.S. House of Representatives visited Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by the mainland’s ruling ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are already warning about the strategic costs to U.S. credibility if the House Speaker backs down. ( read original story ...)

The USS Ronald Reagan left Singapore and is now in the South China Sea, following a threat from China over a possible visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ( read original story ...)

Chinese Taipei's defence of the Under-12 Baseball World Cup title is due to begin tomorrow on a home diamond in Tainan. ( read original story ...)

STORY: Such a trip would be the first by a House speaker to the island since 1997, and China, which claims the island as its own, has said it is prepared to act in response, as tension rises between ... ( read original story ...)

US-China tension rising as Michael McCaul and Anna Eshoo say they were invited to travel with House speaker ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were set to talk Thursday, amid questions over whether their long distance exchanges can defuse mounting tensions around Taiwan and trade. ( read original story ...)

Pelosi's visit is quickly becoming the Biden administration's first real test of the "guardrails" it has sought to establish with China in the last 18 months. ( read original story ...)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi must go to Taiwan in August. Further, I hope she will take a bipartisan congressional delegation with her. I understand how important it is to stand up to pressure from the ... ( read original story ...)

Many in Taiwan have shrugged off China's warnings about a possible trip to the democratic island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying they were accustomed to Beijing's sabre-rattling and saw no ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers in both parties are cheering on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as she plows ahead with a planned visit to Taiwan in the face of opposition not only from Beijing, but also from her ... ( read original story ...)

House speaker’s hope to visit island confirmed as tensions between the US and China spiral ... ( read original story ...)

This year's annual Taiwanese military drills have taken on a greater significance amid growing concerns over China's intentions toward the self-governing island. ( read original story ...)

U.S. President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping may hold their fifth call as leaders as soon as today, as concerns rise over a possible visit to Chinese-claimed Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy ... ( read original story ...)