China's Xi pushes Taiwan issue in call with Trump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping pressed the ever-sensitive issue of Taiwan in a phone call Monday with US President Donald Trump, as he stressed the need to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers.

China's foreign ministry said the call touched on other issues, such as Ukraine, but Taiwan featured prominently, with China embroiled in a weeks-long diplomatic row with key US ally Japan over the self-governing island.

China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and Xi told Trump that its return was an "integral part of the post-war international order" forged in the joint US-China fight against "fascism and militarism", according to the department.

"Given what is going on, it is even more important for us to jointly safeguar

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