Pressed on why he has not met with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in 10 months, Biden said Xi “has his hands full right now.”US President Joe Biden visits the John Sidney McCain III Memorial in Hanoi yesterday. “I don’t think it’s going to cause China to invade Taiwan, matter of fact the opposite, probably doesn’t have the same capacity as it had before,” he added on Sunday during a press conference in Hanoi. “I’m not going to sell China material that would increase their capacity to make more nuclear weapons or engage in defense activities,” Biden said. Huawei recently quietly revealed a mobile phone utilizing technology the US has sought to keep out of Beijing’s hands, questioning the efficacy of US chip restrictions. Biden said he had no intention of trying to contain or isolate the world’s second-largest economy.

Source: Taipei Times September 11, 2023 20:09 UTC