We will not sit quietly…Biden called Jinping, there was a heated debate, what made the Chinese President angry?

President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping got into a heated exchange over a telephone call over US trade sanctions on technology and Taiwan. Both countries were trying to reduce their tension. The nearly two-hour telephone conversation is the first direct interaction between the two leaders since their summit in California in November, which marked a clear softening of the tone, if not the long-term rivalry between the world’s two largest economies. President Xi Jinping stressed that the Taiwan question is the first red line that should not be crossed in China-US relations. The conversation between Biden and Jinping took place at a time when the two top US officials were visiting Beijing.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will depart on Wednesday and visit both Guangzhou, the southern city that symbolizes China’s manufacturing power, and Beijing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the coming weeks, officials said. “We believe there is no substitute for regular communication at the leader level to effectively manage this complex and often tense bilateral relationship,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters after the call. US officials said the aim of the talks was not to resolve differences but to bridge differences and the two leaders were talking openly about sharp disagreements.

Xi accused the United States of creating economic challenges through Biden’s sweeping ban on high-tech exports to China. He urged the US side to translate President Biden’s commitment not to support “Taiwan independence” into concrete action. “If the United States insists on suppressing China’s high-tech development and depriving China of its legitimate right to development, we will not sit idly by,” Xi warned, according to Chinese state media.