Chinese FM says Taiwan question ‘biggest risk point’ in U.S.-China relations

Protesters hold slogans against a recent meeting between Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party chairperson and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Taipei on April 14, 2026. (Chiang Ying-ying / AP Photo)

BEIJING — China’s foreign minister urged the United States on Thursday to maintain “stability” between the two countries but said Taiwan posed the “biggest risk point” to the relations.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a phone call that Beijing and Washington should “safeguard the hard-won stability” in China-U.S. relations, the ministry said.