BEIJING: As top diplomats from the two nations met in Beijing on Sunday, state media reported that the foreign minister of China stated that Taiwan posed "the most prominent risk" in relations with the United States.
According to CCTV, a state broadcaster in China, Qin Gang told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, "The Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests, the most important issue in China-US relations, and the most prominent risk." Blinken was responding to Qin Gang's remarks.