Chinese President Xi Jinping tells U.S. President Donald Trump in talks in Beijing that mishandling the Taiwan issue could raise tensions and potentially lead to conflict between China and the United States, according to Chinese state media. Chinese broadcaster CCTV reports Xi characterizes Taiwan as the most important issue in China-U.S. relations and warns that if it is handled improperly, the two countries could “collide” or come into “conflict,” pushing the relationship into a highly perilous situation. A readout of the bilateral talks published by Xinhua similarly says Xi links the stability of overall U.S.-China relations to whether the Taiwan question is handled well. Multiple outlets summarizing the same state-media accounts report Xi frames the risk as “clashes” or “conflicts” if the issue goes wrong. The meeting is described as taking place behind closed doors, with the public descriptions focusing on Xi’s warning and the conditional outcome: stability if Taiwan is managed properly, and heightened jeopardy if not.