U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed Thursday to pursue what Beijing described as a “China-U.S. constructive strategic stability relationship,” while Xi warned that mishandling Taiwan could push bilateral ties into “collision or even conflict” during high-stakes talks in Beijing. Xi said the new framework should provide strategic guidance for bilateral relations over the next three years and beyond, describing it as a form of stability centered on cooperation, manageable competition and controllable differences. He also called Taiwan the “most important issue” in U.S.-China relations and said “Taiwan independence” was incompatible with peace in the Taiwan Strait.