China and US should jointly safeguard victory of World War II

The telephone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on Monday came after the successful meeting between the two leaders in Busan, the Republic of Korea, which produced important common understandings. This set a constructive tone for their latest discussions on various issues of common concern.

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During their talk, Xi emphasized the steady and positive trajectory of bilateral ties since that meeting and the importance of maintaining the momentum in relations that had been generated by their exchanges. He said that the two countries should lengthen the list of cooperation and shorten the list of problems so as tomake more positive progress, create new space for China-US cooperation and bring more benefits to the people of both countries and the world.

Inaworld rife with uncertainty, cooperation between the world's two largest economies is essential not only for the two countries themselves but also for the international community at large. A central topic of their talk was the Taiwan question, with Xi outlining China's principled position onitand stressing that Taiwan's restoration toChina constitutes an important part of the postwar international order.