In his recent in-person meeting with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping laid out four topics that he deemed off-limits for the incoming administration, which experts say the United States is unlikely to heed.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum summit in Peru on Nov. 16, wherein Xi said there are four “red lines” that the CCP is warning the United States not to cross, according to Chinese state media.
Rather than resisting sanctions and tariffs, the CCP leader said these “red lines” are Taiwan, democracy and human rights, “China’s path and system,” and “development rights,” additionally warning the United States to stay out of conflicts in the South China Sea, where Beijing has made broad territorial claims that run counter to international law….