According to the official Chinese readout, the main topics of the call were Taiwan and Japan.

Chinese official expressions – those used in readouts – are extremely codified. In this specific transcript they used an expression which had never been used before in the US-China context, writing that both countries should “jointly maintain the WWII victory fruits” in the fight “against fascism and militarism”, which is an obvious reference to Japan (especially given the current context).

While China was attempting the most significant reframing of US-China foundational narrative in fifty years, Trump came away thinking the highlight was agricultural trade………

https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1993181410400637405?

https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/xi-made-his-most-consequential-call?

 

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post stated Xi initiated this call based on WSJ reporting. China’s Foreign Ministry has since stated the US initiated the call.