US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence that China will avoid action against Taiwan during Trump’s presidency. Despite Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's reunification stance, US officials,

China will exert utmost efforts to realise "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan, but will take all necessary steps to safeguard China's territorial integrity, its foreign ministry said on Monday. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory despite the objection of the government in Taipei.

China's military vowed Sunday to tighten its "noose" around Taiwan if separatism on the island escalated, warning independence proponents to step back from the "precipice." Beijing considers the self-ruled island of Taiwan to be part of its territory and has not ruled out using military force to claim it.