Trump says he does not believe Xi will act on Taiwan
By Jasper Ward
August 16, 20257:40 AM GMT+8Updated 1 hour ago
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WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that
Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while
Trump is in office.
華盛頓，8月15日（路透社）——美國總統川普週五表示，中國國家主席習近平告訴他，
只要川普在任，中國就不會入侵台灣。
Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News, ahead of talks with
Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
川普是在與福斯新聞的訪談中發表上述言論，這場訪談是在他與俄羅斯總統普丁會談之前
進行，會談主題與俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭有關。
"I will tell you, you know, you have a very similar thing with President Xi of
China and Taiwan, but I don't believe there's any way it's going to happen as
long as I'm here. We'll see," Trump said during an interview on Fox News' "
Special Report."
川普在福斯新聞《特別報導》（Special Report）節目中說：「我告訴你，你知道，這跟
中國國家主席習近平和台灣的情況很相似。但我不相信會發生，只要我還在這裡。我們拭
目以待。」
"He told me, 'I will never do it as long as you're president.' President Xi
told me that, and I said, 'Well, I appreciate that,' but he also said, 'But I
am very patient, and China is very patient.'," Trump said.
川普補充說：「他告訴我：『只要你是總統，我就不會那樣做。』習近平主席這麼跟我說
，而我回應：『我很感謝。』但他也說：『不過我很有耐心，中國也很有耐心。』」
The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
駐華盛頓中國大使館並未立即回應置評請求。
Trump and Xi held their first confirmed call of Trump's second presidential
term in June. Trump also said in April that Xi had called him but did not
specify when that call took place.
川普與習近平在他第二任期的六月曾有過首次確認的通話。川普也在四月提到習近平曾打
電話給他，但未具體說明時間。
China views Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to "reunify" with the
democratic and separately governed island, by force if necessary. Taiwan
strongly objects to China's sovereignty claims.
中國視台灣為自身領土，並誓言要與這個民主、實際上自行治理的島嶼「統一」，必要時
不排除使用武力。台灣強烈反對中國的主權聲索。
Although Washington is Taiwan's main arms supplier and international backer,
the U.S. - like most countries - has no formal diplomatic ties with the island
.
雖然華盛頓是台灣的主要軍事武器供應者與國際支持者，但與大多數國家一樣，美國與台
灣並無正式外交關係。