Following a Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, Taiwan has become a critical test of US-China 'strategic stability' negotiations, with both nations offering subtly different public characterizations of the disputed territory's status.

South China Morning Post

Taiwan has emerged as the first test of Beijing and Washington’s new “strategic stability” formula, according to analysts.
In the aftermath of the high-profile summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Beijing, subtle differences have emerged in how the two sides have characterised Taiwan, which Beijing defines as the most important issue in the bilateral relationship.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Friday that during Trump’s state visit to China from