Taiwan, Human Rights Among 4 ‘Red Lines’ US Must Not Cross: Chinese Envoy After Trump-Xi Talks

Last Updated:November 04, 2025, 19:10 IST

China’s ambassador Xie Feng urged the US to respect four red lines on Taiwan, democracy, path and system, and development rights after Xi Jinping and Trump’s summit in South Korea.

The latest remarks by the Chinese ambassador came days after Xi and Trump held their landmark meeting on the sidelines of an international summit in South Korea. (File Photo/Reuters)

Days after a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President, Beijing has urged Washington to avoid crossing four sensitive “red lines" to safeguard the relations between the two countries.

During a virtual address to American and Chinese businesspeople at the US-China Business Council in Shanghai on Monday, China’s ambassador to the US, Xie Feng, said: “Taiwan, democracy and human rights, path and system, and development rights are China’s four red lines. We hope the US side will avoid crossing them and causing trouble. Dialogue is better than confrontation, cooperation is better than a zero-sum game, and stability is better than volatility."

China has always been irked by the unofficial relationship between the US and Taiwan.

According to CNN, Beijing has in the past bristled at what it sees as US efforts to interfere in China’s domestic affairs, including American officials voicing concerns about limits to freedoms of expression within China’s tightly controlled political system and alleged human rights violations.

The latest remarks by the Chinese ambassador came days after Xi and Trump held their landmark meeting on the sidelines of an international summit in South Korea. This was their first meeting since Trump’s return to the White House this year.

“China and the US do not always see eye to eye with each other, and it is normal to have frictions now and then. The most important thing is to respect each other’s core interests and major concerns," Xie said.

“It would be unacceptable to say one thing but do another, cause any new disruption, make zero-sum calculations," he said.

“The pressing priority is to follow up on the consensus reached between the two Presidents at their meeting and the joint arrangements reached during the economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, so as to reassure both our countries and the world economy with concrete actions and outcomes. It would be unacceptable to say one thing but do another, cause any new disruption, make zero-sum calculations, let alone try to profit at others’ expense," the ambassador emphasised.

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