Biden and Xi discuss nuclear war, Taiwan, and North Korea at the G20 summit.

US Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Monday that “a nuclear war should never be fought” and “understood their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.” Following the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia, the White House issued a statement saying that several issues, including climate change and human rights, had been raised (in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong).

Biden also mentioned China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan, which undermine stability across the Taiwan Strait” during the wide-ranging discussion.

According to Chinese state media, as quoted by AFP, Xi told Biden that the world is “big enough” for the US and China to prosper.

“Under current circumstances, China and the United States have more, not fewer, common interests,” Xi said, emphasizing that Beijing does not seek to challenge the US or “change the existing international order.”

On the contentious Taiwan issue, Xi warned Biden not to cross Beijing’s “red line.”