Xi tells Trump ‘Taiwan must return to China’ as tensions over Japan PM Takaichi's remarks snowball President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a high-stakes phone call on Monday, discussing Taiwan, Ukraine and trade just weeks after their Busan meeting. Beijing confirmed that Xi pressed Trump on Taiwan, calling its “return to mainland China” an integral part of the post-war international order — a direct message issued as Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hinted Tokyo could