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EXPLAINED: Trump mum on taiwan after meeting with xi - The Real Truth

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US President Donald Trump (C) with China's President Xi Jinping (L) at Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15. (Credit: Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP via Getty Images/Getty)

US President Donald Trump has maintained a strategic silence on Taiwan after his latest trip to China for a summit with President Xi Jinping.

The development assumes significance as Xi had made known his fierce opposition to any US interference on Taiwan, a self-ruled island which China considers its territory.

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