Biden raises Taiwan and human rights with Xi Jinping in first phone call
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from on (#5E1PZ)
The conversation came hours after the US president announced a new Pentagon taskforce on China
Joe Biden has affirmed the US's tough line on China's human rights abuses and regional expansionism in his first phone call with president Xi Jinping since taking office.
The call came just hours after the announcement of Biden's establishment of a Pentagon task force on China and a senior state department official meeting in person with Taiwan's representative to the US.
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