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At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, his United States counterpart Donald Trump will be visiting China from May 13 to 15. Ahead of the visit, on Wednesday, the Chinese Embassy in the US outlined 'four-red' lines in the China-US relations.

In a post on X, the Chinese Embassy shared a poster with four red lines listed and written, "They must not be challenged."

The four topics that Beijing wants to keep off the agenda are

  • The Taiwan Question
  • Democracy and Human Rights
  • Paths and Political Systems
  • China's Development Right

These four 'red lines' were initially brought up by Xinping in a statement after meeting with then-President Joe Biden in November 2024.

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Also, in another post on X, the embassy stressed that "China and the US should work toward building a strategic, constructive, and stable China-US relationship."

"Mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation are the right way to maintain good relations between China and the US," the embassy added.

Taiwan issue

In December 2025, the Trump administration announced a $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, its largest to date.

The US has been the biggest force backing Taiwan, which is governed domestically and independently despite China's sovereign claim to the territory.

On Wednesday, China reiterated its strong opposition to US arms sales to Taiwan and urged Washington to honour its promises ahead of Trump's arrival in Beijing for a summit.

Zhang Han, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, maintained that Taiwan is an internal issue of China. She added, "We firmly oppose the US establishing any form of military ties with China's Taiwan region, and we also firmly oppose the US selling weapons to China's Taiwan region.

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Democracy and human right tussle

Beijing has also accused Washington of interfering in its internal matters related to democracy and human rights, perpetuating them into demerits of China's socialist system under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

Donald Trump is visiting China after 9 years. As president, he had visited the Asian powerhouse in 2017.

Trump is moving toward China at a time when his ambitions have been hampered by court rulings on tariffs; his goals have now been limited to a few deals involving beans, beef, and Boeing jets.


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