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“The U.S. side should be cautious in its words and deeds on the Taiwan issue and take a clear-cut stance firmly opposing ‘Taiwan independence’,” China’s Defense Minister Dong Jun said.
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China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun told his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth that both countries should build “trust” during talks at a summit in Malaysia on Friday (October 31, 2025), Beijing said.
The Chinese Defence Ministry said in a readout of the meeting that Mr. Dong told Mr. Hegseth the two sides should “enhance trust and dispel uncertainty”, and called for “the two militaries to explore the right way to get along”, a day after Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met in South Korea.
The leaders did not discuss Taiwan on Thursday (October 30), Mr. Trump told reporters, but Mr. Dong told Mr. Hegseth the “unification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is an irresistible historical trend”, according to the Defence Ministry readout.
“The U.S. side should be cautious in its words and deeds on the Taiwan issue and take a clear-cut stance firmly opposing ‘Taiwan independence’,” Mr. Dong said.
China claims self-governing Taiwan as its territory. Under longstanding policy, the United States recognises only Beijing but provides weapons for the island’s self-defence.
Published – October 31, 2025 01:45 pm IST
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Chinese Defence Minister tells U.S. counterpart both sides should build ‘trust’
