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"Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Wednesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to Beijing, while reiterating its opposition to Taiwanese independence and stressing that the one-China principle remains ‘unshakable.’ Speaking at a regular press briefing, Guo said head-of-state diplomacy plays an ‘irreplaceable strategic guiding role’ in China-US relations ahead of Trump's arrival later on Wednesday, accompanied by a delegation of top American business and technology executives. “China welcomes President Trump’s state visit to China,” Guo said. “China is willing to work with the US to uphold the principles of equality, respect, and mutual benefit, expand cooperation, manage differences, and inject more stability and certainty into a world fraught with change.” Trump’s delegation includes leading executives from major US corporations, among them Jensen Huang of NVIDIA, Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Larry Fink of BlackRock, alongside representatives from Meta, Visa, JP Morgan, Boeing, Cargill and Micron Technology. The visit comes amid growing economic and technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing, with semiconductors remaining a central flashpoint in the relationship. NVIDIA’s participation is particularly notable as advanced AI chips continue to be at the centre of US-China tensions over export controls and technology competition. Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra’s inclusion is also significant after China restricted the use of some Micron products in critical infrastructure projects in 2023 over national security concerns, a move the company said negatively impacted its business in China. Guo also addressed comments made by Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te during the 2026 Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where Lai reportedly described Taiwan as a ‘sovereign and independent country.’ “The so-called Copenhagen Democracy Summit is rife with ideological bias,” Guo said. “Taiwan is a part of China; it has never been a country, nor can it ever become one.” He accused Lai and pro-independence figures of ‘spreading false narratives’ and ‘inciting cross-strait confrontation,’ while insisting that nothing could alter “the historical and legal fact that Taiwan is part of China’s territory.” Asked whether issues including Cuba and Venezuela would be raised during Trump’s visit, Guo said China’s positions on both matters remained ‘consistent, clear, and unchanged.’"
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